This research discusses the 20 per cent of income support recipients who experience disruption and others changes in housing tenure over time.

Most income support recipients have high levels of tenure stability. Less than 20 per cent experience multiple and complex tenure transitions. Changes in tenure over time are driven by a range of factors, with change of income level being only a minor or secondary consideration in many cases.

This bulletin is based on research led by Dr Tim Seelig, and involving Dr Jung Hoon Han, Mr Martin O’Flaherty, Dr Michele Haynes, Professor Mark Western, Dr Trisch Short, Associate Professor Scott Baum, and Associate Professor Andrew Jones of the AHURI Queensland Research Centre.