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Issue 078: How does security of tenure impact on public housing tenants?

Security of tenure gives people a sense of autonomy, identity and control over their living environment resulting in increased residential stability and reduced stress. This in turn benefits children's education and neighbourhood social cohesion, and in some contexts enables workforce participation.

Issue 079: How does housing density affect disadvantage across the city?

Infill housing in middle ring suburbs is a destination for low-income, disadvantaged households in the private rental market.

Issue 080: How effective are private rental support programs?

Private rental support programs effectively help low income private renters access a home but are not sufficient for those facing affordability and personal problems to sustain tenancy.

Issue 081: Can tenant incentive schemes improve housing management outcomes?

The small scale tenant incentive schemes existing in Australia are perceived by housing managers and tenants to contribute to improvements in service delivery, organisational culture and staff and tenant satisfaction.

Issue 082: Youth homelessness in rural Australia

Young people facing or experiencing homelessness in rural Australia have very different experiences to those in urban areas. The Foyer Model is one response that could help young rural people establish themselves, without relocating them to cities away from their support networks.

Issue 083: What drives Australian housing careers?

Today, the traditional Australian housing career is driven by such fundamental changes in demography and labour markets that it is no longer possible to talk of a single, linear Australian housing career.

Issue 084: Financing affordable housing: A critical comparative review of the United Kingdom and Australia

Private investment in social and affordable housing has increased significantly in the United Kingdom over the past 30 years. The reverse is true for Australia.

Issue 085: Housing assistance and disadvantaged places

Increased targeting of housing assistance to those most in need is helping to create places of disadvantage.

This bulletin by Lyn Luxford synthesises the evidence from a range of AHURI and other research on housing assistance and disadvantage.

Issue 086: How can the benefits of housing regeneration programs be sustained?

Formal exit strategies from social housing regeneration programs assist an estate to become a community by involving local tenants, developing leadership capacity and establishing community-run successor organisations.

Issue 087: How does housing assistance affect employment, health and social cohesion?

International evidence shows that housing assistance provides positive 'non-shelter' benefits through affecting affordability, tenure type, security of tenure, location and dwelling quality, but key gaps remain in the Australian evidence base.