This report draws on the concept of locational disadvantage to evaluate three different housing assistance programs in relation to a whole of government response to major shifts in welfare provision, and with due consideration to current trends in social economic restructuring. The study compares the social and physical qualities of a locality as it relates...

This positioning paper outlines an AHURI research project which will examine the effects of urban economic change on the western region of Melbourne, focusing specifically on local labour and housing markets. The specific concern of the study will be how changes in the dynamics of labour and housing markets may be alleviating social disadvantage in...

Our view of the value of government-provided housing assistance tends to concentrate on the direct impacts of assistance - the impact of a rent subsidy, for example, on a household's housing costs and as an element of government outlays. But housing assistance also has positive effects, for example, on people's education and health, on their...

The Housing and Other Service Needs of Recently Arrived Immigrants is the final report of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia. The research found that recent immigrants made considerable use of government and other services, varying considerably by tenure, with home owners and home purchasers having the least recourse to assistance, and public and...

While there is a considerable body of research relating to housing, disability and care, there have been very few studies that have looked at policy linkages across all three areas and the combined impact of policies in meeting unmet need. Housing and Care for Younger and Older Adults with Disabilities argues that while policy reform...