Arising from its origins in the experiences and writings of public housing residents in the Neighbourhood That Works project (NTW 2008), this paper uses a governmentality theoretical framework to review the tenant participation and housing literature and its use of the idea of empowerment.

The purpose of this paper is to neither provide a comprehensive review of academic writings on social mix nor to provide a detailed discussion of such policies in Australia, as this is done elsewhere. Rather, while providing an overview of the perceived benefits of such polices at a broad level, here social mix is repositioned...

This paper explains some of the activities and processes related to the Community and Environment Project (CEP), a partnership between Housing NSW’s Building Stronger Communities Program at Mt Druitt, the Designing Out Crime (DOC) Research Centre at UTS, and the School of Social Work at UWS. The main aim of the partnership is to develop...

The majority of National Social Housing Survey respondents were either 'satisfied' or 'very satisfied' with living in either public housing or community housing.

This study sought to understand appropriate models of service provision in social housing for Indigenous Australians.