Evaluation

Pitcher Partners’ survey of over 150 NFP leaders has revealed that collaboration and adaptation are shaping the future.
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.

The Report on Government Services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia. The…

This research Inquiry looked at how to change Australia’s housing assistance system into one that supports ‘housing pathways’. 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.
In State of the Housing System 2025, the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council (NHSAC or ‘the Council’) presents a sobering view of Australia’s housing system. The deterioration of housing affordability and low levels of new housing supply in 2024 are particularly stark reminders that Australia is still very much in a housing crisis that has been decades in the making.
This report summarises the characteristics of clients receiving support from specialist homelessness services throughout 2023–24, including the services requested, outcomes achieved, and unmet requests for services.
The final report of the People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis not only highlights the crushing toll of our housing crisis, but is a call to action for government.
The present study investigated variation in housing insecurity experiences in a sample of mothers, as well as which risk profiles were most strongly associated with subsequent homelessness.