Housing security
Report
More than a home: tackling the urgent youth homelessness crisis in Tāmaki Makaurau in 2025
This report is a call to action that confronts the youth homelessness crisis in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland, New Zealand). It centres the voices, dreams and lived experiences of young people facing homelessness. The report urges policymakers to create systemic change that ensures taitamariki (young people) are not just sheltered, but truly supported to belong and...
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Rights at risk: rising rents and repercussions
This report aims to inform the ongoing discussion of rental housing policy with new evidence about the experience of renting in the Australian private rental sector. The report notes that rents have surged by 47% in the past five years and calls for nationwide rental increase limits.
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Home safe: national leadership in adapting to a changing climate
The surge in extreme weather disasters around Australia reinforces the need for national leadership on adaptation in a changing climate. This report examines how climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of flooding, bushfires, extreme storms and coastal erosion, and the rising costs of these events for Australians. It calls for governments to reduce...
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Housing, Homelessness and Disasters National Symposium: final report
This report explores critical issues surrounding housing insecurity and homelessness in the context of disaster response and recovery in Australia. Developed following a national symposium attended by more than 120 leaders from across the emergency management, housing, homelessness and academic sectors, the report finds that the increasing severity of disasters, coupled with the housing crisis...
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A smarter approach to homelessness
This report looks at trends in spending on homelessness prevention programs in the United Kingdom, assesses the barriers to these and makes recommendations for how these can be overcome. The dedicated efforts of the homelessness sector are commendable, but evidence suggests they alone cannot provide the long-term, systemic solutions required.