This report provides an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between public housing participation and employment outcomes in Australia.

This paper utilises the administrative records of a state housing authority to explore welfare locks, the work incentive effects of income related rents and welfare dependence in relation to public housing.

Changes in the profile of public housing tenants in recent decades have seen growth in the number of tenants with complex needs. Many tenants who engage in demanding behaviour fit within this category. These tenants are especially susceptible to the cycle of homelessness and its damaging effects. The public housing sector is in a unique...

Federal and State housing policies have changed the face of public housing, which is increasingly becoming the accommodation of last resort.

This twelfth annual report from the Review of Government Service Provision examines the performance of all Australian governments providing education, justice, emergency management, health, community services and housing. These services account for 60 per cent of government recurrent expenditure and over 10 per cent of gross domestic product.