What this research is about
This research Inquiry looked at how to change Australia’s housing assistance system into one that supports ‘housing pathways’.
Housing policy makers often see ‘pathways’ as how households move between different tenancies and tenures, including social housing and emergency housing. However, it is useful to think of pathways as the different experiences households have with their housing and their housing aspirations. This helps us think about how housing assistance can support housing pathways and how the social housing system can better support households.
Why this research is important
A better system for socially supported housing pathways could focus on supporting each person and household’s needs and goals, rather than being constricted by access to a small number of social housing homes. With social housing getting much-needed extra funding, it is important to also improve how the system works with households that need help.
