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Issue 038: Can effective housing management policies address anti-social behaviour?

Many tenants expect housing managers to play a significant role in addressing anti-social behaviours on public housing estates, but policies that include a mix of preventative strategies and sanctions are most effective when there is cross-agency support.

Issue 039: Cycles of homelessness

People with a mental illness can experience cycles or iterations of homelessness where they move chaotically through various forms of tenuous housing and periods of living on the street. They do not undergo a steady pathway or career from a more stable to a less stable housing situation.

Issue 040: Housing risk among caravan park residents

Caravan parks are used as long-term, temporary and crisis accommodation, and as holiday accommodation. One third of caravan park dwellers regard themselves as permanent residents.

Issue 041: Sustainable financing for public housing authorities

After nine years of policy and program delivery change, six out of nine housing authorities in Australasia are running operating deficits which are not financially sustainable.

Issue 042: Re-thinking Indigenous homelessness

Mainstream concepts of homelessness do not serve Indigenous people well. Those designing policies or programs for Indigenous homeless people may need to re-think or change their concepts of homeless in order to adequately understand and respond to the needs of this group of people.

Issue 043: Housing futures in an ageing Australia

Population ageing is driving enormous changes in housing demand. Current policy settings and reliance on market forces are unlikely to deliver appropriate and affordable housing for all older Australians in the future - particularly for those with limited assets.

Issue 044: Making housing assistance more efficient

Issue 045: Measuring housing affordability

Commonly used benchmark measures may disguise the extent of housing stress in Australia. Substantial proportions of low-income public and private renters may not have enough money to meet the cost of living after paying rent, and this situation appears to have worsened over time.

Issue 046: Tenancy databases and risk minimisation

Variable data quality standards and less than transparent listing procedures limit the effectiveness of tenancy databases and result in private renters and - potentially - the public housing system, bearing the risk associated with tenancies.

Issue 047: Australia’s forgotten social housing sector?

Without coordinated strategic action by the providers and by governments, independent living units (ILUs) are not likely to remain an affordable housing option for older people with few assets, leading to further pressure on state housing authorities and the low-cost private rental market.