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Homelessness Week 2021 will take place from 1 to 7 August and will be officially launched by Homelessness Australia next Monday 2 August at a special webinar with Federal Housing, Homelessness and Community Housing Minister Michael Sukkar. The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the ongoing challenges of homelessness in Australia, particularly for rough sleepers.

People with mental health and substance misuse issues who access residential treatment are at greater risk of housing insecurity, and improved discharge planning and service coordination is urgently required, new AHURI research has revealed.

Ms Cunich has over 30 years’ experience in the business and property sectors and has been a member of AHURI’s Board since 2019. Jennifer has a very strong background in housing and planning, having been a former Non-Executive Director of the Victorian Planning Authority, CEO of the Australian   Institute of Architects and Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia.

Economic growth and productivity in Australia’s largest capital cities appear to be slowing, with unaffordable housing and traffic congestion the main causes, according to new AHURI research. The report, ‘Relationships between metropolitan, satellite and regional city size, spatial context and economic productivity’ was undertaken by researchers from the University of Adelaide, Curtin University and the University of Glasgow (UK).

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic shocks had profound impacts on housing outcomes of many Australians and required rapid and large-scale interventions from different levels of government. The effectiveness of these interventions and the lessons to be learned are the focus of a newly funded AHURI priority research project.