Homelessness
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This community case study examines the efficacy of the Women’s Housing and Support Program (WHSP), which provides case management to older women experiencing homelessness in Melbourne, Australia.
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Using a sample of community mental health clinic clients, this study explores the prevalence of three social determinants of health: food insecurity, homelessness, and neighborhood disorder, and assesses their associations with five outcomes of health, including mental health and physical health.
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The objective of this study is to examine the occurrence of housing loss after jail incarceration among individuals without prior evidence of homelessness and the associated risk of reincarceration.
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This research looks at public health responses to homelessness during the COVID emergency in Australia. It identifies barriers, adaptations and lessons learned from increased teamwork between public health and homelessness sectors. It investigates how these partnerships formed and how they can continue with ongoing adequate funding, staffing and logistical support.
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The Report on Government Services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia. The…
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This paper examines the relationship between housing assistance and youth offending in New Zealand (NZ). Using the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), we established three cohorts of youth aged 14–24 who were part of households that received the Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant (EHSNG), lived in public housing, or received the Accommodation Supplement (AS) between 2016 and 2022. We found that offending decreased significantly among young people living in public housing or receiving the AS compared with the general population. However, reductions were not significant among those receiving EHSNGs, highlighting the importance of stable housing assistance on reducing youth offending.
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In a study on mothers’ experiences of a residential parenting and drug rehabilitation programme, housing was consistently discussed as crucial to recovery in terms of the ability of wāhine (women) to envision a secure future.
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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.
