Research / Reports
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It is well established that those leaving out-of-home care (OHC) experience considerable disadvantage and that this is exacerbated for Indigenous care leavers. This study examined the housing, homelessness, mental health, alcohol and drug and juvenile justice service usage pathways for care leavers located in Victoria and Western Australia. The types of services that support care leavers to obtain and maintain housing were of interest.
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International research of childhood residential mobility is associated with multiple long-term adverse outcomes. Although frequent residential mobility could be a marker for familial psychosocial difficulties, the elevated risks were cobserved across the socioeconomic spectrum, and mobility may be intrinsically harmful.
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This survey asked people seeking asylum about their housing and homelessness experiences since arriving in Australia and also about their income, employment, and the impact of COVID-19 restrictions of March 2020.
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This research is not just a question of cracking these informal morphogenic codes but of understanding the self-organizing practices through which they are developed and enforced. The key is to recognize informality not as a synonym for ‘slum’ but as a mode of production with varying levels of control by the urban poor.
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This research investigated the potential for Australia’s regional areas to attract and sustain population and economic growth, examining whether particular international strategies and Australian models for supporting development have been effective.
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Tenancy sustainment-maintenance of a tenancy to avoid a premature end of tenure-is fundamental to the prevention of homelessness. Understanding what…
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Social housing management refers to an overall goal designed to produce and allocate housing services on a needs basis. Social housing asset management concerns the asset management practices of jurisdictions engaged in providing and managing social housing stock. This usually includes acquisition, sale, stock transfer, renting, allocation, repairs and maintenance.
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improving the experience of people with mental illness and their carers beyond the healthcare system, recognising that there are numerous gateways in the community through which people enter the mental health system and a range of services beyond healthcare — in particular, psychosocial services, housing and justice — that are important for an individual’s social and emotional wellbeing and recovery
