Boarding houses
Alternative labels
Boardinghouses
Rooming houses
Lodging houses
Description
A boarding house is living accommodation with multiple rooms or beds available for separate rent with commonly shared facilities such as kitchen and bathrooms.
Article
A roof over your head is not a home – South Australian rooming houses
This article, by ShelterSA Executive Director, Alice Clark, is about for-profit rooming houses in South Australia.
Report
The end of the road: rooming housing in South Australia
This study, conducted by Shelter SA, the peak body for housing in South Australia, constitutes the first methodical look at rooming housing in South Australia since 2003.
Briefing paper
How can we improve rooming house regulation?
A preliminary research paper (secondary data analysis, interviews and focus groups with policy community) helped inform this Investigative Panel. Two panel meetings were held in New South Wales and Victoria and comprised local and state government representatives, NGOs, rooming house owners and researchers.
Report
Rooming house futures: governing for growth, fairness and transparency
This Investigative Panel focused on the challenges facing the rooming/boarding house policy community in Victoria and New South Wales. The Panel argued that in the context of growth in the sector and a more diverse clientele, regulatory frameworks needed to be updated to encompass those presently unregulated, embrace a risk based approach around the people...
Report
Rooming house futures: governing for growth, transparency and fairness
Examines the policy and practical challenges being encountered in the development of a legitimate and viable rooming/boarding house sector, and how might these best be overcome through an improved regulatory regime and other measures to address a range of housing needs. Executive summary This Discussion Paper is provided to invitees to an Investigative Panel on...