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National Overview of Nonprofit Hospitals’ Community Benefit Programs to Address Housing
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National Overview of Nonprofit Hospitals’ Community Benefit Programs to Address Housing
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.
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Social housing pathways by policy co-design: Opportunities for tenant participation in system innovation in Australia
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.
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Service users’ and providers’ experiences and perceptions of mental health accommodation services: A rapid qualitative synthesis of international evidence
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. 
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Specialist disability accommodation in the social housing sector: 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.
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Waithood: The experiences of applying for and waiting for social housing
Drawing on 75 in-depth interviews with waitees in NSW, Queensland and Tasmania, this report gives a voice to waitees. It maps why people decide to apply for social housing, the challenges they face applying, their living circumstances whilst waiting and importantly the impacts of waiting.
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A typological study of the provision and use of communal outdoor space in Australian apartment developments
this study developed a communal outdoor space typology for apartment buildings in Australian cities, measured the degree to which each communal outdoor space type provides access to greenery, and examined which communal outdoor space types received the most frequent visitation via a resident survey.
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Living labs for user empowerment and value delivery in social housing upgrading processes
The main research aims were to facilitate social housing upgrading processes focusing on the delivery of value for users, achieving end-user empowerment, as well as assessing participatory decision-making through Living Labs.
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Tenant participation and emerging social media practices in the social housing sector
This multi-method study examines the emerging social media practices of housing organisations in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
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