Research and Policy

This paper explores commodification within housing and uses this to recognise that our relationship to housing and our relationship to the crisis, can be shaped by our relationship to capital.

This paper departs from a community-identified problem with conventional life skills programming and uses sociological tools to address it. Community partners have expressed a need for a life skills curriculum that is inclusive, representing the intersecting needs and experiences of a diversity of clients, and that will address budgetary constraints of NFP organizations.

This research explores mobility patterns of Indigenous people living on Country and its impact on the planning of housing, infrastructure and services within remote communities.

We use the Australian housing market data to examine the disparate social outcomes of the housing market under climate scenarios presented by the shared socio-economic pathways.

Home in Place has made a submission to the Everybody’s Home People’s Commission. The People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis provides a platform for everyday people and organisations to share their stories of housing insecurity. The testimony will culminate in a series of recommendations to fix Australia’s housing crisis. Home in Place’s submission provides insights into the housing crisis, its flow-on effects, and the steps that governments can take to solve the crisis.

On 8 December 2023, the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Act 2023 (the Act) received Royal

Lack of awareness of and about homeless youth with intellectual disabilities, combined with siloed ways of working by involved sectors, results in significant disadvantage and health inequities for youth.

The study elucidates the complex interplay between social factors such as income inequality, education disparities, housing conditions, and access to healthcare, and policy-making processes. The study concludes that addressing social determinants is crucial for designing effective and equitable public health policies.

I suggest that researchers may better understand the ways in which homeless communities structure themselves, not only in relation to one another, but also in relation to the broader social world around them.

Drawing on 75 in-depth interviews with waitees in NSW, Queensland and Tasmania, this report gives a voice to waitees. It maps why people decide to apply for social housing, the challenges they face applying, their living circumstances whilst waiting and importantly the impacts of waiting.