Housing
The Desire to Age in Place Among Older Australians. Volume 1 - Reasons for Staying or Moving
AIHW
This 20-page bulletin explores the relationship between the desire of many older Australians to age in place and the housing circumstances of older Australians of different tenure types
Understanding Leadership, strategy and Organisational Dynamics in the Not-for-profit Housing
AHURI
A 127-page Australian paper taking a cross-country view of leadership, strategy and organisational dynamics in the not-for-profit housing sector
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2013-04-04
The Role of Assertive Outreach in Ending 'Rough Sleeping'
AHURI
This 83-page Australian report explores the assertive outreach approach to addressing homelessness
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2013-03-02
Planning, Building and Insuring: Adaptation of Built Environment to Climate Change Induced Increased Intensity of Natural Hazards
NCCARF
This 372-page report examines the likely impacts on the built environment of increased intensities in weather-related natural hazard events, in order to identify the possibilities of using the regulatory mechanisms of building construction, housing insurance and planning in climate change adaptation
Climate Change & Environment, HousingPosted: 2013-02-01
Specialist Homelessness Services 2011-12
AIHW
This 142-page Australian report describes the clients of specialist homelessness agencies, the assistance they sought and were provided, and outcomes achieved for clients
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2013-01-07
Children and Young People at Risk of Social Exclusion: Links between Homelessness, Child Protection and Juvenile Justice
AIHW
This 46-page Australian report provides further evidence of the relationships between child abuse and neglect, homelessness and criminal activity
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2012-11-15
Setting up Solidarity Houses in Greece
Open Society
A proposal to set up solidarity houses in Greece to serve as community centres for the local population and provide food and shelter to migrants
Housing, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2012-11-09
Cost-effective Methods for Evaluation of Neighbourhood Renewal Programs
AHURI
A 51-page positioning paper for an Australian project comparing the house price profiles before and after the introduction of neighbourhood renewal programs to consider the impact of these programs on perceived amenity
Housing, Urban IssuesPosted: 2012-11-03
Exploring Primary Health Care Needs, Welfare Requirements and Service Use of People Experiencing Homelessness within Melbourne’s CBD and Inner Suburbs
Australian Homelessness Clearinghouse
An Australian research project conducted to gain a more comprehensive picture of the beliefs, experiences, practices and needs of all groups pertaining to homelessness and service provision
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-11-02
How Does the Concept of Social Inclusion Play a Role in Housing Policy?
AHURI
This 4-page Australian policy bulletin argues that housing-related policies and programs can play an important role in promoting social inclusion by addressing homelessness, concentrations of disadvantage, and housing stress
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-10-25
Lifecourse Institutional Costs of Homelessness for Vulnerable Groups, 2012
Australian Homelessness Clearinghouse
This 122-page Australian study contributes to understanding the real costs associated with the correlation between homelessness and criminal justice involvement and to provide alternative policy and program responses
Housing, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2012-10-25
Homelessness Kills: An Analysis of the Mortality of Homeless People in Early Twenty-firstCentury England, 2012
Social and Spatial Inequalities
This 56-page study investigates the mortality of homeless people for all causes of death at the national level in England
Poverty & Hunger, HousingPosted: 2012-10-19
Creating Child-friendly High-rise Environments: Beyond Wastelands and Glasshouses
Urban Policy and Research
This Australian study suggests urban planning policies that might address the needs of children living in public and private housing developments
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2012-10-08
Strategies to End Homelessness: Current Approaches to Evaluation
The Homeless Hub
This 24-page Canadian paper provides a summary of research on interventions that aim to end or reduce homelessness in Canada and its surrounding regions
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2012-09-26
Transforming Knowledge into Housing and Community Development Policy
Department of Housing and Urban Development
This 28-page US publication looks into the current housing and community development policies in the United States of America
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-09-26
Experiences from an ACT-program in Copenhagen
SFI
This 34-pageworking paper presents intermediary results of a study of an ACT-program (Assertive Community Treatment) in Denmark. The ACT-program is aimed at rehousing homeless individuals and providing floating support in the citizens own home from a multidisciplinary support team
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-09-20
Changing Cities: Climate, Youth, and Land Markets in Urban Areas
Wilson Center
This 168-page US paper focuses on three topics bearing on slum dwelling, - climate change, youth, and land markets
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2012-09-08
Quantifying Planning System Performance and Australia's Housing Reform Agenda
AHURI
This 134-page Australian investigative panel draws on international evidence and experts to understand how planning performance links with housing market efficiency, and how these factors will be affected by the housing reform agenda
HousingPosted: 2012-07-18
Moving Home: Conceptual and Policy Implications of the Housing-mobility Nexus
AHURI
This 32-page Australian essay asks whether there was a link between housing and residential mobility, and what housing policy-makers might need to know to better anticipate and meet the needs of households as they move
HousingPosted: 2012-07-05
Specialist Homelessness Services Collection: December quarter 2011
AIHW
This 72-page Australian report provides an overview of homelessness and associated services
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-07-04
Young, Hidden and Homeless
Crisis
An 11-page UK research briefing that outlines new analysis of a range of research into single homelessness amongst people aged 18-25
Housing, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-05-31
The Role of Community Housing Organisations in Meeting the Housing and Support Needs of People who are Homeless
AHURI
This 51-page Australian study examines the role of CHOs in addressing homelessness and whether the sector will have the capacity to provide sustainable housing and support to this group in the context of expansion of the sector
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2012-05-19
Housing Supply Bonds: A Suitable Instrumnt to Channel Investment towards Affordable Housing in Australia?
AHURI
This report investigates the potential to adapt the Austrian Housing Construction Convertible Bonds scheme to Australia
HousingPosted: 2012-05-19
Market Assessment of Housing Options for Older People
NPI
This 90-page UK paper examines whether the housing stock is able to meet the changing demands of England’s ageing households
First Time Underwater: The Impact of the First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit
CEPR
An 18-page US report examining the effects of the 2009 first-time homebuyer tax credit on the housing sector
HousingPosted: 2012-04-19
Developing Sustainable Affordable Housing: A Project Level Analysis
AHURI
A 138-page Australian report examining how contemporary Australian affordable housing projects are designed, financed, developed and managed
HousingPosted: 2012-03-13
Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS
IZA
A 36-page discussion paper examining the type of living arrangement experienced by elderly Chinese
At Home and in Place? The Role of Housing in Social Inclusion
AHURI
A 118-page Australian report aiming to enhance understanding of aspects of home, housing and place which interact with social and economic disadvantage and the ways in which housing-related policies and programs can promote social inclusion
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-11-11
Addressing Locational Disadvantage Effectively
AHURI
This 108-page Australian report provides findings from a research synthesis of international evidence on how governments can intervene to improve the lives of disadvantaged residents in areas of concentrated poverty and disadvantage
Poverty & Hunger, HousingPosted: 2011-08-24
Precarious Housing and Health Inequalities: What Are the Links?
Hanover Welfare Services
Summary findings of an Australian study exploring the relationship between precarious housing and health
Homelessness Prevention for Women and Children Who Have Experienced Domestic and Family Violence: Innovations in Policy and Practice
AHURI
This 54-page Australian positioning paper explores the value and implementation challenges of innovative staying at home homelessness prevention measures
Housing, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-06-23
The Hidden Truth about Homelessness: Experiences of Single Homelessness in England
Crisis
This 74-page UK study aims to expose the extent of hidden homelessness, explore the experiences and needs of single homeless people who are hidden and identify the consequences of living in such marginalised and insecure circumstances
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-05-19
Housing, Loneliness and Health
AHURI
This 35-page essay asks whether housing, loneliness and health are connected in contemporary Australia, and if they are, whether it a nexus that can be addressed positively through housing policy
Rough Living: Surviving Homelessness and Violence
UTSePress
This 70-page Australian report reveals the ways in which intense chains of disadvantage incorporating homelessness are triggered by very early experiences of violence
Housing, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2011-01-26
Preliminary Analysis of National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program Effects: September 2010 Update
Urban Institute
A 162-page US study of the effectiveness of the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) programme
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2011-01-24
Gentrification and Displacement: The Household Impacts of Neighbourhood Change
AHURI
This 89-page Australian report examines the process of gentrification and its impact
Housing, Urban IssuesPosted: 2011-01-20
Residential Mobility of the European Elderly
CESifo
This 22-page paper analyses the residential mobility decisions of the elderly and the factors influencing them in eleven European countries
Housing, Inequality and the Role of Population Mobility
AHURI
This 72-page Australian study aims to bring the role of population mobility into contemporary academic understandings of socio-spatial polarisation
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-12-17
Asset Rich, but Income Poor: Australian Housing Wealth and Retirement in an International Context
Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
This 56-page paper looks at patterns of own-home wealth across the life cycle in Australia and in several North American and Western European countries
Expanding Housing Finance to the Underserved in South Asia
World Bank
This 358-page report argues that South Asia’s future economic growth, social development, and employment are tied to providing housing and nurturing real-estate growth
Public Housing, Women and Employment: Challenges and Strategies
AHURI
This 99-page Australian research examines why and how public housing tenants (and in particular sole parents and women with unemployed partners) are able to (re-)enter paid work despite the many barriers
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2010-11-09
The Benefits and Risks of Home Ownership for Low-moderate Income Households
AHURI
A 166-page Australian study of the benefits and risks of home ownership with special reference to low-moderate income households
HousingPosted: 2010-10-27
Housing, Public Policy and Social Inclusion
AHURI
A 42-page Australian positioning paper aiming to make explicit the ways that housing processes ‘perform’ in accentuating or ameliorating social disadvantage
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-09-27
Pathways From Out-of-home Care
AHURI
A 4-page Australian policy bulletin dealing with the importance of housing pathways for care leavers
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2010-09-27
A Profile of Social Housing in Australia
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
In analysing the functions of social housing since 2003, this 54-page Australian report provides an evidence base upon which future policies can be built
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-09-23
House Price Volatility and the Housing Ladder
IZA
This 52-page discussion paper investigates the effects of housing price risk on housing choices over the life-cycle
HousingPosted: 2010-09-22
Housing Assistance, Social Inclusion and People with Disabilities
AHURI
This 70-page Australian research looks at the role that housing and housing assistance plays in facilitating and supporting the economic and social participation of people with disabilities
Housing, DisabilityPosted: 2010-09-16
The Integration of Homelessness, Mental health and Drug and Alcohol Services in Australia
AHURI
This 54-page Australian study aims to increase understanding of the ways in which homelessness, mental health and drug and alcohol services can be coordinated or integrated to provide services to homeless people
Social Policy, HousingPosted: 2010-08-04
Service Directions and Issues in Social Housing for Indigenous Households in Urban and Regional Areas
AHURI
This 101-page Australian research investigates how social housing services are provided to Indigenous clients in urban and regional settings
Indigenous Affairs, HousingPosted: 2010-06-07
Monitoring Success in Choice Neighborhoods: A Proposed Approach to Performance Measurement
Urban Institute
This 50-page paper considers how to effectively evaluate outcomes and measure success in comprehensive community transformation efforts like Choice Neighborhoods. The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative proposed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is intended to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty and severely distressed housing into revitalized mixed-income communities
Urban Issues, HousingPosted: 2010-05-28
Mortgage Default in Australia: Nature, Causes and Social and Economic Impacts
AHURI
This 91-page Australian report presents and analyses primary data gathered from a survey of defaulting mortgagors and a number of follow-up interviews, in order to better understand the factors mainly responsible for borrowers falling into mortgage repayment difficulties, the range of impacts on their lives and the clues all this might give for sensible policy development
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-04-14
Atlantic Exchange: Case Studies of Housing and Community Redevelopment in the US and the UK
Urban Institute
This 29-page report describes two case studies of previously distressed communities—one in the United States and one in the United Kingdom—that have been redeveloped and revitalized
Urban Issues, HousingPosted: 2010-03-25
Dwelling, Land and Neighbourhood Use by Older Home Owners
AHURI
This 340-page Australian research seeks to answer the following questions: What are the types, sizes and locations of dwellings occupied by older home owners? How do these patterns vary for different household sizes? What incentives or disincentives could encourage or discourage the efficient use of dwellings and land occupied by older home owners?
Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer in Women Diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma in situ in Australia between 1995 and 2005
AIHW
This 36-page Austrslian report presents data that show that women who are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are at significantly increased risk of being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer later on in their lives, even though the DCIS would have been treated appropriately at the time
Sustained Earnings Gains for Residents in a Public Housing Jobs Program
MDRC
An 8-page US policy brief reporting on a test of whether a program that combined employment and training services, new rent rules to “make work pay,” and neighbor-to-neighbor outreach centering on work could make a difference in the economic prospects of public housing residents
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2010-02-11
Improving Housing Responses to Indigenous Patterns of Mobility
AHURI
This 75-page Australian study examines housing service responses to Indigenous patterns of temporary mobility and how these can be improved
Indigenous Affairs, HousingPosted: 2010-02-05
Reform: Housing 2009
Australian Law Reform Commission
This 93-page Australian report focuses on the ability to provide adequate housing for everyone
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-22
Unlocking Potential, Transforming Lives: An Evaluation of Crisis SmartSkills, a Personalised Accredited Learning Programme
Crisis
This 58-page UK publication explores the difference that personalised learning alongside access to accommodation made to the lives of people with experience of homelessness
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-11-13
Reverse Mortgages and Older People: Growth Factors and Implications for Retirement Decisions
AHURI
A 97-page Australian positioning paper considering the key factors impacting the examination of reverse mortgage use by older people in terms of possible growth factors and the potential implications for their retirement decisions
Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings: Learning from the European Union and Australia
Rand Corporation
This 61-page US report examines how policies to increase energy efficiency in buildings in the European Union and Australia have worked and draws implications for the design of similar public policies for the United States
Climate Change & Environment, HousingPosted: 2009-09-23
The Benefits and Risks of Home Ownership: Disaggregating the Effects of Household Income
AHURI
This 54-page Australian positioning paper is the first report from a project which seeks to add to the research evidence base on the financial and non-financial outcomes of home ownership for households
HousingPosted: 2009-09-14
Submarkets in Public Sector Housing: An Abstract Concept or a Decision-making Tool?
AHURI
This 36-page Australian report is designed to evaluate the concept of ‘housing submarkets’ in terms of its relevance for social housing analysis and to assess its usefulness in informing management and administrative practices in the social housing sector
HousingPosted: 2009-08-28
Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain
IZA
This 34-page discussion paper estimates empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over the period 1998-2008
Housing, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-08-13
Hybrid Buildings: Pathways for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Housing Sector
Institute for Social Research
This Australian report shows how the carbon emissions from 5-star rated homes can be reduced to zero, with the savings averaging eleven tonnes per house each year
Climate Change & Environment, HousingPosted: 2009-08-11
Right to Rent Plan
CEPR
A 2-page US issue brief discussing a plan designed to solve the mortgage foreclosure crisis
HousingPosted: 2009-07-31
The Dynamics of Housing Affordability: Movements in and out of Housing Affordability Stress 2001–2006
AHURI
A 70-page Australian report investigating the dynamics of housing affordability in Australia over the period 2001–06 by tracking the housing affordability trajectories of a nationally representative sample of Australians across a period of six years
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-07-14
Innovation in Affordable Housing in Australia: Bringing Policy and Practice for Not-for-profit Housing Organisations Together
AHURI
This 197-page Australian report study investigates the policy environment and accomplishments of emerging not-for-profit housing developers in Australia. The core purpose is to understand the current operating environment of these agencies and to identify directions for policy that could enable these or similar organisations to make larger scale contributions to the provision of affordable housing
HousingPosted: 2009-07-14
The Impacts of Foreclosures on Families and Communities: A Primer
Urban Institute
This 54-page US brief summarizes what is known about how foreclosures adversely affect households and their neighborhoods — from children and the elderly to public safety and local property tax revenues. It also looks at policies, programs, and response strategies to prevent or mitigate the fallout
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-07-07
What Can Be Done to Improve Employment Outcomes Among People Receiving Housing Assistance?
AHURI
A 6-page Australian policy bulletin summarizing the impediments to economic participation among recipients of housing assistance
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2009-06-11
Housing Inequality in the United States
Levy Economics Institute
This 39-page working paper explores the various socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, as well as the distinct immigration experiences and spatial patterns that shape racial and ethnic inequality in US home ownership
Housing, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-05-27
Housing Insecurity and its Link to the Social Inclusion Agenda
AHURI
This 4-page Australian article examines the multi-dimensional nature of housing insecurity
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-05-26
The Housing Careers of People with a Disability and Carers of People with a Disability
AHURI
A 64-page Australian research paper considering the housing careers of persons affected by disability and those family members with significant care responsibilities
Disability, HousingPosted: 2009-05-20
Gentrification and Displacement: A Review of Approaches and Findings in the Literature
AHURI
This 32-page Australian positioning paper considers the international literature on gentrification-related household displacement
Housing, Urban IssuesPosted: 2009-04-01
Home Truths: Mental Health, Housing and Homelessness in Australia
Mental Health Council of Australia
This 68-page Australian report explores how the lack of recognition of the pivotal value of a secure home affects mental health and homelessness in Australia, and identifies what needs to be done to improve housing outcomes
Homelessness in Canada: Past, Present, Future
CPRN
This 13-page Canadian paper looks at the evolution of the set of social problems we now call homelessness and the efforts of governments and communities to address them
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-03-19
Ageism: Designed and Planned for Older Australians?
Council on the Ageing
This 28-page Australian study draws attention to ageist stereotypes and assumptions of older people held by professionals involved in the policy, design and planning of the built environment, in particular residential complexes
Natural Disaster Preparation and Response: A Guide for State Housing Authorities
AHURI
This 52-page Australian positioning paper reviews the international literature on disaster management, summarises Governments' arrangements to manage disasters and outlines the gaps in knowledge and the methods devised for the project to address these gaps
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HousingPosted: 2009-03-04
Preventing and Ending Homelessness: Next Steps
Urban Institute
This 12-page brief examines the current state of homelessness in the US, how community responses are changing, what is working, and what policymakers should be doing to make more advances
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2009-02-20
Access to Safe and Secure Housing for At Risk and Vulnerable Young People
CHRANZ
This 107-page research is the first systematic attempt to explore the alignment between the housing sector and the housing needs of at risk and vulnerable young people in New Zealand. It provides information necessary to better align the housing sector and the service sector that provides for and attempts to improve the life chances and wellbeing of at risk and vulnerable young people.
Housing, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-02-07
Delivering Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods: A National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society
Communities and Local Government
This 37-page UK publication sets out a record of the actions and recommendations that were proposed in the February 2008 strategy document, the measures taken and progess made.
Women, Domestic and Family Violence and Homelessness
OWF
This 84-page Australian report investigates the support and accommodation needs of women (and children) affected by domestic and family violence
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2008-12-04
The Key to Stabilizing House Prices: Bring Them Down
CEPR
A 7-page brief offering proposals for stabilizing the US housing market
HousingPosted: 2008-12-03
The Role of Home Maintenance and Modification Services in Achieving Health, Community Care and Housing Outcomes in Later Life
AHURI
This 176-page Australian research aims to establish the foundations for a more extensive evidence base to underpin policies to provide home maintenance and modification (HMM) services to older Australians.
A Safety Net for Bubble Buyers: Rescuing Homeowners from Collapsing Home Values
The Century Foundation
A 4-page US proposal for assisting homeowners from the consequences of negative equity
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-11-28
Anatomy of a Train Wreck: Causes of the Mortgage Meltdown
Independent Institute
A 29-page article examining the causes of the US mortgage meltdown
Economic Policy, HousingPosted: 2008-10-14
Women, Domestic and Family Violence and Homelessness
OFW
This 84-page Australian report studies the support and accommodation needs of women and children affected by family violence
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2008-10-05
Indigenous Homelessness
AHURI
A 44-page Australian positioning paper for research into understanding the housing needs of indigenous people
Indigenous Affairs, HousingPosted: 2008-09-28
Social Housing and Worklessness: Qualitative Research Findings
DWP
This 154-page UK report examines the relatively high levels of worklessness within the social housing sector
HousingPosted: 2008-09-16
Older Persons in Public Housing
AHURI
This 99-page Australian report identifies the policy and management issues for public housing providers dealing with older people
The Cost-Effectiveness of Homelessness Programs
AHURI
A 4-page Australian research bulletin examining the cost-effectiveness of different homelessness programmes
HousingPosted: 2008-07-31
More Than a Bed: Sydney's Homeless Speak Out
Wesley Mission
A 44-page Australian report examining the causes of homelessness
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-07-12
Housing Stress and the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Families
AFRC
A 9-page Australian briefing paper exploring the relationship between housing affordability, housing stress and mental health and wellbeing
Evaluation of Social Homebuy Pilot Scheme for Affordable Housing: Final Report
CLG
This 111-page UK report outlines the progress made with a piot scheme for the provision of affordable housing
HousingPosted: 2008-06-13
Child Support and Housing Outcomes
AHURI
This 100-page Australian report describes the relationships between the payment and receipt of child support and housing outcomes
Social Policy, HousingPosted: 2008-05-05
The Costs and Benefits of Using Private Housing as the 'Home Base' for Care of Older People
AHURI
This 62-page Australian report outlines research into the relationships between the costs and benefits of using private housing as the home base for the care of older people
Australia's Homeless Youth
National Youth Commission
A 401-page Australian study of youth homelessness
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2008-04-17
Integration and Social Housing in Australia
AHURI
This 58-page Australian study examines the themes of policy and service integration in the provision of social housing
HousingPosted: 2008-03-19
The Code for Sustiainable Homes
CLG - UK
A 68-page document setting out the assessment process and performance standards required for the UK Code for Sustainable Homes
Housing, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-02-29
International Trends in Housing and Policy Responses
AHURI
A 188-page Australian study reviewing housing policies across a range of countries having a level of development similar to that of Australia
HousingPosted: 2008-01-28
Housing and Integration of Migrants in Europe
Eurofound
This 112-page report presents successful practices and strategies for integrating migrants into local communities
Immigration & Refugees, HousingPosted: 2008-01-10