Policy

Despite its prevalence, there has been scant research on evictions in Australia. We draw on 53 interviews with private tenants in two states, New South Wales and Queensland to understand the impacts of eviction.
Intended for government, policymakers and practitioners, this research aims to improve housing policy concerning disaster preparedness, prevention, mitigation, response and recovery by enhancing co-ordination. We report on short-term recovery and longer-term mitigation actions.
Ecological rationalities place sweeps above dispute by framing the removal of unsheltered homeless and their belongings as necessary for protecting the environment and public health. This commentary draws from the now-matured body of literature evidencing the counterproductive and harmful tendencies of encampment sweeps.
In this paper, we look at how prototyping is being used to address housing affordability in two ways: to prototype affordable housing policy, and to enable affordable housing provision.
This research publication serves as a timely reference for cities undertaking CBD rejuvenation, by providing deep dives into the experiences of 6 APAC cities (Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo).
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of Trauma-Informed Care, Housing First, and refugee-focused mental health policies across different global contexts, analyzing outcomes, scalability, and implementation challenges.
How selling state homes in affluent New Zealand suburbs creates hidden costs, social displacement and a housing crisis we can’t afford.
This article illustrates several state ordinances criminalizing the homeless population’s use of encampments and proposes an international framework within an Eighth Amendment analysis