The project found that the way contracts for procurement are designed can play an important role in enhancing or creating positive social and economic outcomes (such as employment, education and community capacity building) as part of the construction process. By contrast, mainstream housing procurement contracts driven by economic imperatives (including minimising financial risk and maximising...

This Positioning Paper reports on the first stage of research into the adoption, in Australia, of new models of assertive outreach as responses to homelessness. The aim of the study is to explore the ‘assertive outreach’ approach, with a specific focus on the potential for this approach to reduce rough sleeping. The study can be...

This study investigates the applicability of home ownership to Indigenous people living on communal title lands.

If governments are interested in pursuing more demand driven approaches to housing in indigenous communities, policy-makers need better information about indigenous people's perceptions of home ownership. The study examined the meaning of home ownership for Indigenous people through a survey of 86 Indigenous Australians in five study sites around Australia.

This report describes and reviews all known mainstream and Indigenous-specific specialist tenant support programs operating around Australia.