The nation’s investment in public rental housing in the post-war period has created major social and economic benefits however much of the stock is now at the end of its economic life and/or it does not meet current needs. Concentrations of entrenched social disadvantage have developed in some public housing estates. The aim of this...

This paper examines the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement of 1956 --commonly seen as marking a shift in policy and in political rhetoric, away from public housing provision towards private home-ownership.

Written at a time of major change for the sector, following the announcement in August 1992 of a new Community Housing Program, this paper reviews the current state of community housing in Australia.