Public housing
Alternative labels
State housing
Working paper
Managing access to social housing in Australia: unpacking policy frameworks and service provision outcomes
This report presents an overview of the policies and quantitative data associated with the management of access to social housing in Australia. That is, the rules and procedures that govern the allocation of social housing properties, and the handling of tenancy applications.
Discussion paper
The case for councils being community housing providers
This paper has been prepared in response to a remit put forward at the 2019 LGNZ AGM, and in light of the current Review into the Future for Local Government. It examines the reasons why local authorities have been excluded from being supported to be social housing providers, and why they have found it so...
Conference paper
From provision to subsidisation: tracking changes in Commonwealth rental housing policy
This paper explores changes in Commonwealth and State political and economic thinking regarding public housing.
Conference paper
Social housing tenants’ lived experiences in Australia: an infrastructure of care?
This paper uses data collected from qualitative in-depth interviews with social housing providers and tenants in four Australian states, to highlight their experiences about the extent and ways in which an ethic of care is involved in life in social housing.
Report
‘What works’ to sustain Indigenous tenancies in Australia
This study examines the characteristics of successful tenancies for Indigenous people to understand ‘what works’ for successful housing outcomes, including for private and social housing, and across different locations.