This paper looks at place-based stigma within communities by mapping social networks and relationships within sub-sections of a disadvantaged urban Tasmanian community. This provides a unique lens for understanding disadvantaged urban places, particularly when laying the foundation for community development strategies to address disadvantage and stigma.

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In this paper, Anglicare starts a discussion about urban renewal and what it might mean, especially for Tasmania. The paper explores some of the assumptions that urban renewal rests upon and looks at the extensive body of research that has been built up on these issues over the last twenty years or more.

This policy paper looks at the 'growth provider' model as used in Australia and in the United Kingdom, and in particular at the impact on very low income households and people with complex needs.

This policy paper explores the issues involved in corporatising public services and the possible consequences of using a corporatised model for the delivery of public housing. In Tasmania, the two corporate models that exist are government business enterprises and state-owned companies. Both models require the corporatised service to adopt a commercial focus. The paper looks...