Commonwealth and state governments spend very large amounts of money on housing assistance. The housing or shelter impacts of these interventions are reasonably well understood. But, given the capacity of housing to affect many other elements of people's lives, what are the non-shelter outcomes of housing assistance? Using survey data, Peter Phibbs and Peter Young...

This report presents the findings of research into the experience of non-government not-for-profit organisations that have undertaken the development of their own social and affordable housing projects across Australia. The broad purpose of the research is to support the accelerated expansion of affordable housing by providing information and analysis of established models and suggesting strategies...

Boarding houses are an important source of low cost accommodation in most Australian cities. In this project the potential role of government in protecting and encouraging this form of accommodation is examined. The positioning paper and final report from this research project are now available online.

Both Commonwealth and state governments are committed to growing the community housing sector as an independent, complementary social housing system. This will require new investment, new partnerships and an increased capacity to manage more flexibly. A major obstacle to these objectives is the lack of quality assurance, effective risk management and prudential control in this...

What approaches are currently being pursued in Australia by community housing providers as lead agencies to strengthen communities? This is the primary research question this project examines. In doing this it aims to provide a better basis for understanding the contribution that community housing can make as part of a range of social housing products...