This positioning paper provides a context for examining housing market dynamics in four Australian resource boom towns: Kalgoorlie and Karratha in Western Australia, and Emerald and Moranbah in Queensland. The impact of the resource boom on housing affordability is examined, as are its effects on a variety of other related socio-economic indicators in those towns...

How do housing assistance programs impact economic participation outcomes, once we control for the mediating effects that intermediary variables such as ‘health’ and ‘neighbourhood’ have on economic participation outcomes?

This research examines this international practice in planning for housing affordability in general and affordable housing in particular using examples from the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Ireland, Canada and the Netherlands.This research examines this international practice in planning for housing affordability in general and affordable housing in particular. The report...

This research discusses the 20 per cent of income support recipients who experience disruption and others changes in housing tenure over time. Most income support recipients have high levels of tenure stability. Less than 20 per cent experience multiple and complex tenure transitions. Changes in tenure over time are driven by a range of factors...

This study provides a first assessment of the cost-effectiveness of homelessness programs operating in Australia. Homelessness prevention and support programs provide support to those who are homeless, those escaping domestic violence and those who are at risk of becoming homeless.