This report looks at trends in housing and housing assistance provided by governments in Australia in 2012-13. Summary

Description This project looked at transfers in three jurisdictions (New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria) and involved in-depth interviews with stakeholders and focus groups with former public housing tenants that transferred to not-for-profit landlords.

This report examines housing assistance in the government, not-for-profit and private sector segments in Australia in 2011-12.

The article reviews 11 primary studies that examine the impact of social mix on public housing estates.

Apart from being perennially underfunded in a country recording rapid population growth, public housing policy is rarely innovative or exciting interest. This paper has one basic premise: that investment in affordable housing for low-income women provides both micro and macro economic benefits for cities and communities.