This brief examines the Housing First approach for people living with serious mental health issues who are experiencing homelessness. It outlines the evidence base for Housing First, implementation research including lived experience perspectives, scalability considerations, and practical guidelines across systems, community, service, and individual levels for implementing Housing First in the Australian context.

This research project examines the effectiveness of Australia’s supported accommodation services in meeting the needs of unaccompanied children and young people aged 12 to 24. It proposes principles to guide policy and practice toward a better system. A strengthened system of care is required to better align services to unaccompanied young people’s needs.

The final report from an inquiry into developing a long-term governance and resource framework for sustainable and effective Indigenous housing. It provides an overview of the inquiry and its findings, a vision for the future of Indigenous housing, recommendations for a National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Strategy framework, and a pathway to system...

This research examined Australia’s multi-provider social housing system and analysed changes over time to social housing delivery. It finds Australia lacks long-term, sustainable social housing growth models and the report offers policymakers options to reverse the decline.

This research explores the impact of Australia’s housing crisis on temporary migrants. It examines how housing challenges affect temporary migrants’ wellbeing, their ability to contribute economically and the distinct housing issues they face. Despite more than 10% of Australian residents being on temporary visas, the impact of the housing crisis on this group receives little...