Social housing
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Leaving Minto: a study of the economic and social impacts of public housing estate redevelopment
This research aims to fill a number of gaps in understanding the public housing urban renewal process in New South Wales.
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Financing affordable housing: a critical comparative review of the United Kingdom and Australia
Mike Berry, Christine Whitehead, Peter Williams and Judith Yates critically compare the debates, research findings and policy developments directed towards attracting private investment into affordable housing provision in Australia and the UK.
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A practical framework for expanding affordable housing services in Australia: learning from experience
This report presents the findings of research into the experience of non-government not-for-profit organisations that have undertaken the development of their own social and affordable housing projects across Australia. The broad purpose of the research is to support the accelerated expansion of affordable housing by providing information and analysis of established models and suggesting strategies...
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Better housing futures: stimulating private investment in affordable housing
Prepared by the Allen Consulting Group for the Affordable Housing Forum, this report documents an investigation of policy options to finance an increased supply of affordable rental housing. This is needed because the shortage of such housing limits low-income households' access to employment and services, whereas well-located affordable housing contributes to efficient labour markets and...
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Governance and social housing:can good governance be bad practice?
In Australia most social housing is provided by state government agencies with a small community housing sector, and the total social housing sector accounts for 5 per cent of stock. Since the 1990s governments have introduced 'managerialist' reforms to the sector in order to increase accountability and flexibility. In this paper Terry Burke looks at...