Research / Reports

Liz undertakes a mapping research effort. This report explores the issue of housing for older single women on low incomes is a wicked problem with skeins of complexity, barriers and constraints. Liz explores pockets of innovation, collaboration and experimentation in WA, Australia and the world. There is a call to action for us all to consider as this issues impacts the lives of an estimated 400,000 women over 55yrs in Australia

This study gathered data on the scale and scope of policy interventions in the housing system during the COVID-19 pandemic…

The Australian Homelessness Monitor 2020 (AHM 2020) analyses changes in the scale and nature of homelessness in Australia, as well…

This report communicates the independent performance audit by the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) of the Department pf Health and Human Services (DHHS) Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Plan (HRSAP).
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 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…

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