The housing affordability crunch
The pandemic and subsequent return of inflation set off the world’s worst housing affordability crisis in more than a decade. It spilled across some of the largest advanced economies and contributed to...
Research / Reports
Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024
Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024 is the fourth in a series of national studies led by City Futures Research Centre to provide an overview analysis which highlights homelessness as a critical social...
Community health workers as catalysts for mental health promotion in transgender and nonbinary communities
There is a significant disparity between the cisgender population and the transgender and nonbinary (trans) communities in the United States in terms of the availability and accessibility of evidence-based...
The influence of the International Right to Adequate Housing in Ireland and Spain: Aspirations, indicators and realities
This article investigates and compares the influence of the international right to housing in Ireland and Spain, through the use of the functional comparative method. As part of this comparison, we created...
Lived experience participation and influence in homelessness and housing policy, service design and practice
Over the last two decades, governments and service providers have come to expect that people with lived experience of homelessness should participate in and influence homelessness policy design and...
Dispelling myths: Reviewing the evidence on zoning reforms in Auckland
This working paper addresses the impact of zoning reforms implemented in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2016 through the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP). These reforms, which enabled greater housing density across...
Evaluation of a virtual health hub for people experiencing homelessness in Sydney, Australia: Ensuring physical and psychological primary health care in crisis accommodation
Individuals experiencing homelessness have higher rates of chronic disease and face challenges accessing primary care. Virtual health care can reduce health inequity but needs user acceptance. A virtual...
Planning policies and housing development: Evaluating Ireland’s fast-track planning scheme 2017–2021
This article examines the impact of neoliberal political–economic orientations on urban planning policies through a case study of Ireland’s Strategic Housing Development (SHD) fast-track planning scheme....
Retention in primary care among unstably housed residents of a low-income, inner-city neighborhood with a high prevalence of substance use and related disorders
Access to and engagement with primary healthcare can be difficult for marginalized low-income populations residing in inner cities in high-income countries. We designed a study to examine retention in...
Call unanswered: Unmet demand for specialist homelessness services
In 2022-23 over 250,000 Australians sought and received assistance from a Specialist Homelessness Service. However, with an increasing number of Australians in need of help, too often no one is there to take...