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The research will be undertaken in two stages.

Stage 1

Stage 1 comprises six projects operating in parallel, which will:

  • profile the populations in receipt of HA and compare an array of socio-demographic characteristics with appropriate benchmarks of economic participation;
  • highlight the data sources that are most appropriate for investigation;
  • provide an inventory of the policy initiatives emerging in this area;
  • and conduct qualitative work to investigate how housing assistance recipients subjectively understand the relationship between aspects of HA and their economic participation decisions.

Stage 2

The results from Stage 1 will be used in Stage 2 to frame the detailed development of research projects, alongside a process of consultation with key stakeholders about the Stage 1 findings. Stage 2 will involve qualitative and quantitative projects.     

Research Leader - Professor Gavin Wood, AHURI RMIT-NATSEM Research Centre

Other Research Centres- AHURI Western Australia Research Centre