The 2002-03 Crisis Accommodation Program collection was the fourth and final collection to occur under the 1999 Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement (CSHA). The 1999 CSHA aims to facilitate access to affordable, appropriate and secure housing for people on low incomes and people with special needs. Under this CSHA a new national performance indicator framework was developed...

This submission to the Productivity Commission investigates the affordability and availability of housing for first home buyers and others. It recommends increasing the supply of affordable housing options for people on low incomes through structural changes to home ownership; redressing the mismatch between housing supply and demand; improving the effectiveness of housing assistance programs; and...

According to the 2001 Census, approximately 61,463 people reside in caravan parks, an increase of about 6,263 people compared to the 1996 ABS Census.

Commonwealth rent assistance (CRA) entitlement rules - rent thresholds and maximum levels of assistance - are standard across the country, despite the evident variations in regional rent levels. This situation has prompted calls for a regional dimension to be added to CRA payments. How might possible variants of CRA provide a greater responsiveness to regional...

This Positioning Paper outlines a research program examining the emergence of tenancy databases - their uses and impacts - in the context of key issues of tenure management in the Australian private rental sector. Included in this paper is an outline of the range and scope of tenancy databases currently operating in Australia, and the...