Research / Reports
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This paper departs from a community-identified problem with conventional life skills programming and uses sociological tools to address it. Community partners have expressed a need for a life skills curriculum that is inclusive, representing the intersecting needs and experiences of a diversity of clients, and that will address budgetary constraints of NFP organizations.
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This paper reviews a large number of scholarly articles in the housing field spanning the last thirty years, from 1993 to 2022 by implementing bibliometric analysis method.
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This AHURI research examined housing trends and the processes of delivering affordable housing supply in rural and regional Australia. These rural and regional housing markets have faced substantial challenges for more than three decades, including poor housing affordability; under-developed supply chains; the shortage of skilled and unskilled labour force; increasing demand for housing in some localities, while other centres decline; together with limited policy attention to the specific needs of rural and regional Australia.
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This report presents findings from a survey of 3,071 members of the Australian community aged 17 years and over that was conducted in February-March 2024. Analysis of 39 diverse attitudinal statements produced six distinct segments who differ in how they think about, value and engage with the community sector.
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Certified peer support specialists (CPSS) are used as a paraprofessional workforce to engage hard-to-reach populations, including people experiencing homelessness. COFindings from this study may have implications for the value of lived and learned knowledge coexisting in organizations serving those who experience homelessness.
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This Index highlights that many people living on income support payments are structurally unable to afford the basics of life. The analysis was prepared by comparing data on key living costs against rates of income support. The Index considers weekly living costs by analysing three core weekly expenses, rent, transport and food.
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This paper describes how the Social Impact Bonds financing mechanism underpinned the success of Aspire by promoting flexible, collaborative, outcome-focussed and data-informed responses to a challenging, multifaceted social problem.
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This study conducted a 12-month ethnography in a hotel for people experiencing homelessness located in South-East Queensland, Australia. Findings highlight how homeless support practices were both enabled and constrained by the built environment.
