Affordable Housing
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People living with a severe mental illness are more likely to experience food insecurity than people without mental illness. Food insecurity is linked to a range of negative socioeconomic and health outcomes. This study qualitatively explored causes and experiences of food insecurity for people living with a severe mental illness and used these findings to co-design a pilot intervention.
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This report looks at whether cohousing, built on collaboration, shared living, and resident participation, can be adapted as an affordable and inclusive form of housing – one that could potentially help prevent homelessness and social exclusion.
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This research is the first critical analysis of the Australian private rental vacancy rate (RVR) — an important, but often unquestioned, housing market signal. It investigates the different methodologies, strengths and limitations of the measure, and how it is used and interpreted.
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Our focus is on older adults experiencing or at risk of housing precarity who lack adequate housing assistance and sufficient wealth to secure housing. This study presents a new conceptualisation of this group, quantifies the scale of the issue, identifies those most affected, and analyses the distribution of wealth among older Australians.
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This paper explores the use of Housing First services for women experiencing homelessness, focusing on those aged 35 and over, who have multiple and complex needs.
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Regional Australia relies on a skilled and unskilled labour force, in part through migration schemes, to remain economically competitive. Regional workers are diverse and have diverse housing needs. This report develops an evidence-based policy framework for accommodating seasonal and vulnerable workers in regional areas to ensure a healthy, safe and productive workforce.
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This report aims to inform the ongoing discussion of rental housing policy with new evidence about the experience of renting in the Australian PRS. A collaboration of National Shelter, NARO, and the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)/UNSW Sydney led Poverty and Inequality Partnership, the report (i) analyses the PRS market context and (ii) presents findings from a national survey of PRS renters.
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This paper examines the dynamic causal impacts of a 180-day cap on short- and long-term rental markets in multiple regions in New South Wales, Australia.
