This report is the final output of a study that considers the long-term future of public housing in Australia and the capacity of State Housing Authorities (SHAs) to address household need and community sustainability. It presents an analysis based on data collated from international and Australian literature on public housing policy and on the experiences...

The overall aim of this project is to provide guidance for State Housing Authorities and to assist them prepare for and respond to natural disasters and other environmental emergencies.

This discussion paper explores the reasons why public housing has become so stigmatised. The first part of the paper provides an analysis of the problems including under funding and restrictive allocation policies. The second part of the paper makes the case for increased investment and other strategies that can improve the status of public housing.

Formal exit strategies from social housing regeneration programs assist an estate to become a community by involving local tenants, developing leadership capacity and establishing community-run successor organisations write Keith Jacobs, Kathy Arthurson and Bill Randolph.

Keith Jacobs, Kathy Arthurson and Bill Randolph present the findings of a project to review current practices and develop appropriate exit strategy models. Evidence strongly suggests that the longer the timescales allowed for the development and embedding of appropriate exit structures and strategies during the lifetime of the renewal project, the greater the likelihood of...