Community Housing Provision

Drawing on fieldwork in three Australian jurisdictions, this paper examines the impact of this shift for how housing assistance is allocated.
Breaking Ground is the follow-up ‘one year on’ progress report of the 2023 landmark report, A Blueprint for tackling Queensland’s housing crisis. It was the first of its kind in Australia to outline a comprehensive, evidence-based reform package to tackle the housing crisis at a state level.
Home in Place has made a submission to the Everybody’s Home People’s Commission. The People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis provides a platform for everyday people and organisations to share their stories of housing insecurity. The testimony will culminate in a series of recommendations to fix Australia’s housing crisis. Home in Place’s submission provides insights into the housing crisis, its flow-on effects, and the steps that governments can take to solve the crisis.
AHURI: This research examines the organisational and resource implications of transitioning from ‘output-based’ to ‘outcomes-based’ funding arrangements for providing social housing in Australia. It explores relevant housing policy contexts, reviewing opportunities and key policy barriers for this reform goal.
Housing is a critical social determinant of health that can be addressed through hospital-supported community benefit programming. Currently, a small subset of hospitals nationally are addressing housing. Hospitals may need additional policy support, external partnerships, and technical assistance to address housing in their communities.
The research proposes sharing of best-practice examples of tenant participation and program practice guidelines between housing organisations and across sectors through a new Australian Housing Clearinghouse model.
This rapid review synthesizes evidence about the experiences of users and providers of community-based accommodation services for people living with serious mental illness internationally to understand priorities for policy and practice. 
This research explores the complex interaction between the Specialist Disability Accommodation program and the social housing sector, including participants’ experience of accessing these homes and the extent to which the homes are equipped with assistive technology.