Kath Hulse, Bill Randolph, Matthew Toohey, Gillian Beer and Rob Lee provide an overview and context for a research project seeking to assess the effect of housing costs, housing subsidy structures and housing administrative requirements on the capacity of unemployed people to gain employment.

Andrew Beer, Paul Delfabbro, Kristin Natalier, Susan Oakley and Fiona Verity explain how this project will develop models of good practice in dealing with homeless young people in rural areas.

Paul Flatau, Patric Hendershott, Richard Watson and Gavin Wood report on the development of an integrated model of the housing system that incorporates the broad range of drivers that influence the housing market, including the role of aspirations, household formation, economic incentives and labour market interactions.

According to the 2001 Census, approximately 61,463 people reside in caravan parks, an increase of about 6,263 people compared to the 1996 ABS Census.

In this report introduce an analysis of the impact of state public housing regeneration projects on Indigenous households in urban communities in Western Australia. Authors: Roz Walker, John Ballard, Cheryle Taylor and Jean Hillier