Chris Chamberlain and David MacKenzie estimate that 25,000 to 30,000 students experience a period of homelessness each year, and that most homeless students drop out of school. Since 1995, the early intervention perspective has been widely adopted around the country. This report focuses on three issues: understanding the main causes of, and pathways into youth...

In this positioning paper Jago Dodson investigates the connections between housing affordability and employment opportunity in Melbourne to determine the extent to which there is a 'spatial mismatch' between locations where low-income earners can afford to live, and locations where employment opportunities are greatest.

In this report, Kath Hulse and Bill Randolph examine the role of housing and housing assistance in contributing to disincentives to taking up paid work or working more hours.

Peter McDonald examines the future demand for housing in Australia through the development and application of new methods of projection of households and dwellings. In the past, projections of future housing needs were provided by the Indicative Planning Council for the Housing Industry, but the council's methodology was called into question in the early-1990s.

Tony Melhuish and Anthony King outline a project to map the level of demand for housing assistance in the short to medium term; the likely 'hot spots' of demand; which client groups are likely to drive demand; and potential changes in the composition of the client groups and the type of housing required.