Both state owned and managed Indigenous housing organisations (SOMIH) and Indigenous community housing organisations (ICHOS) experience operating deficits greater than those of mainstream public housing agencies according to John Hall and Mike Berry. This deficit is due to poor quality and high maintenance housing stock, low rental streams, poor dwelling maintenance, poor management practices, and...

Growth in demand for housing assistance amongst renters will exceed the growth rate for households from 2003 to 2011 reports Ann Harding. Growth will take place mainly in major cities, but higher rates of growth will occur in non-metropolitan areas of New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory. This report is part...

While exceptionally mobile by Australian standards, Aboriginal households in Dajarra, Alpurrurulam and Mt Isa are relatively stable in their customary attachment to their home community, local bush country, cultutal region and regional centre. According to this AHURI Research and Policy Bulletin, there is a need to balance the local provision of housing and other services...

This is the first report of a study of the motivations of rental investors in Australia. The study aims to gain a better understanding of investors’ experiences, motives and actions, as well as the perceptions of investors’ behaviours among other key players in the rental sector. Tim Seelig, Terry Burke and Alan Morris provide the...

Jon Hall and Mike Berry assess current arrangements for funding Indigenous housing and outline the major issues to be considered in reforming these arrangements.