Housing assistance (HA) interventions not only aim to meet housing needs they also aim to contribute to improved social and economic outcomes for individuals, families and communities.

Andrew Jones and Tim Seelig propose a strategy, a set of broad approaches and a series of specific options to enhance linkages between research and policy in Australian housing, with particular reference to the role of AHURI.

Lesley Cooper, Mary Morris present the findings of the project, 'Sustainable Tenancy for Indigenous Families: What Services and Policy Supports are Needed?', which aimed to identify the major factors that initiate and sustain iterative homelessness among Indigenous families, especially Indigenous women and children, in both urban and remote areas.

In this positioning paper, Judith Yates, Bill Randolph, Darren Holloway and Dominique Murray introduce a project to test the impact of high housing costs on the workplace-home relationship for all workers. They identify 'indicator' groups in the workforce that might be seen to be typical of workers who are likely to experience real constraints on...

Income targeted home ownership assistance programs can play an important role in helping to restore social and economic equity in an environment where the gap between the 'haves' and 'have-nots' is steadily growing. This report by Shane Greive, Vasanthi Peter, John Ballard, Roz Walker, Cheryle Taylor and Jean Hillier aims to contribute to the development...