People working in the housing and homelessness sector are exposed to significant trauma in their role as service providers of last resort. This research explores workplace trauma in Australia’s social housing and homelessness services – including its extent, causes and impacts. It examines practices to address this trauma, options to mitigate it and guiding principles...

This research aims to deepen understanding of the design and impact of the ‘machinery of government’ – the administrative, bureaucratic or institutional arrangements that deliver public policy – with respect to housing policy in Australia. The report concludes identifying and settling on a feasible and effective governance and administrative structure will allow agencies the longevity...

This paper uses data collected from qualitative in-depth interviews with social housing providers and tenants in four Australian states, to highlight their experiences about the extent and ways in which an ethic of care is involved in life in social housing.

This research examines the consequences of COVID-19 for households in regional Australia, and considers that post-pandemic recovery models designed for large cities such as Sydney or Melbourne may not work in regional areas or less-urbanised states like South Australia or Tasmania.

This inquiry investigated how housing support for vulnerable families experiencing domestic and family violence (DFV) can be best integrated with other types of support to enhance safety and wellbeing, including for women in different housing tenures, for Indigenous women and the integration of social housing policy with policies to support women affected by DFV.