This paper outlines research into the relationships between the costs and benefits of using private housing as the 'home base' for care for older people. Residential care requires relocation to the institution but provides both housing and care to older persons, whereas home-based care means that care is brought to the older person within their...

This report contains a policy-orientated synthesis of the disparate contributions to remote Indigenous housing from the design, policy and public health literatures as grounded and tested in fieldwork in three sample communities in different parts of Australia. This integration of primary and secondary research is used to develop a flexible set of guidelines to assist...

This research describes the relationship between the payment and receipt of child support and housing outcomes. The focus is informed by diversifying family forms and household structures, which have implications for parenting, financial arrangements and the housing needs and outcomes of Parents Apart and their children. While these patterns are recognised as important social changes...

The aim of this study is to examine the themes of policy and service integration in the provision of social housing in Australia. In particular it seeks to identify the factors driving policy interest in this issue and stakeholder views about integration issues, challenges, opportunities and risks. As this positioning paper outlines, the study takes...

This project examines the housing careers of Indigenous urban households and compares them with those of non-Indigenous households. The research project elicits these differences by: understanding the influences, motivations, experiences, decisions, and choices made by Indigenous households in urban areas; identifying housing access issues and barriers; examining the affect of household formation, economic participation and...