Sustaining at-risk Indigenous tenancies: a review of Australian policy responses

• Paul Flatau, and others
• Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

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26 October 2009The key objective of the study is to outline and evaluate the operation and effectiveness of tenant support programs and other tenancy support measures in assisting at-risk Indigenous tenants.

This report describes and reviews all known mainstream and Indigenous-specific specialist tenant support programs operating around Australia. The review describes how these programs operate; the representation of Indigenous people in such programs, the services provided to clients and, where the data permit, the effectiveness of specialist tenant support programs in improving Indigenous housing outcomes.

The study also explores how tenant support program administrators interface with relevant agencies delivering support services to Indigenous tenants and assesses the role played by tenant support providers, community sector agencies in the main, in sustaining Indigenous tenancies.

Authors: Paul Flatau, Anne Coleman, Paul Memmott, Jo Baulderstone and Michele Slatter