Housing policies, social mix and community outcomes
Summary
This study brought together research evidence on the effects of living in concentrated poverty and considered the kind of policy initiatives that have been influential in countering these problems. It involved a systematic and comprehensive review of international research literature which examined the range of outcomes linked to differing types and extents of social concentration and deprivation in neighbourhood settings. It found that measurable and negative effects on individuals and households have been demonstrated in relation to health, education, crime, employment opportunities, welfare dependence and self esteem. The causal linkage between areas of concentrated poverty and these outcomes is complex and throws up a range of so called area effects. These include the quality and availability of local essential public services (such as health and education), the role-model effects generated by living in extensively poor areas, the spatial disadvantage of excluded neighbourhoods as well as the broader attribution of personal deficiencies in residents of poor areas projected by the media and broader community (stigmatisation). The study considered a range of mechanisms used internationally and within Australia to support housing policy and related areas of public intervention in countering these effects.
Project Number: 40500
Research Theme: Social_wellbeing
Project Leader: Atkinson, Rowland
Funding Year: 2008
Research Centre: Southern
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Final Report: No. 122: Housing policies, social mix and community outcomes
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