This paper examines the relationship between poor health and poor housing affordability for Australians, to answer two essential questions for Australian policy makers: Does poor health lead to unaffordable housing?

This synthesis report provides evidence about current access arrangements to homelessness services, the complex and multiple access barriers faced by people experiencing homelessness, and an overview of the different approaches, models and mechanisms used in Australia and internationally to improve access. Despite the limitations of the existing evidence base, findings about access to services and...

Background: The ratio of winter to non-winter mortality rates, or excess winter mortality (EWM), is higher in temperate countries, including New Zealand. Many studies suggest housing differences as a possible explanation. Home heating and insulation levels have been found to be associated with health outcomes and some studies have implicated housing faults as contributing to...

This paper aims to identify the housing aspirations and preferences of people with psychiatric disability moving from institutional to community care.

This paper considers the health implications of the current process of generational reform to the way housing is provided to low income households in Australia and especially South Australia.