Research

The “Crisis Accommodation in Mareeba and the Atherton Tablelands” project was commissioned by the Mareeba Community Housing Company in April 2019 and was completed by March 2020. Researchers from the Cairns Institute, James Cook University, conducted this research in collaboration with a number of agencies from the area, seeking to ascertain the perceived need for crisis accommodation in Mareeba and the Atherton Tablelands and to investigate potential models of crisis accommodation relevant to the unique context.

This research examines the quantity, composition and distribution of new housing supply across Australia between 2006 and 2016 and seeks…

This project investigates the role of affordable rental housing in supporting digital innovation and employment growth in metropolitan and satellite…

This is an interim report from the research project #Stayhome. Drawing on the voices of community support workers, this research…

This study investigated how social housing pathways are conceptualised and constructed by housing policies in Australia; who is moving into…

This study examines how local and international funding interventions focussed on specific regions, such as City Deals, deliver affordable rental…

This paper explores tenancy sustainment frameworks including supportive tenancy management, direct support provision and how these can be integrated to…

COVID-19 began to emerge during late 2019. The first recorded diagnoses in Australia appeared from 22 January 2020 and by 15 March 2020 there were nearly 300 confirmed cases. At this point community services including housing and homelessness services began to accelerate their efforts to adapt policies, procedures and practices to achieve these key objectives: – Continuity of service delivery to vulnerable Queenslanders – The health and safety of tenants and people who are homeless – Workforce health and safety