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For tenants who experience a disability, poor health or complex needs and are reliant on income support, social housing offers their best chance of stable, secure and affordable housing, new AHURI research confirms.

Australia is an urban nation. People arriving in Australia from all over the world during the last 230 years have built and, predominantly, lived in cities. Many of these cities began as prison settlements and strategic sites of military occupation; others were established to exploit the wealth of the land, and some claim more enlightened origins.

AHURI has presented submissions to both the Federal and Victorian Governments’ current inquiries into homelessness, with Dr Michael Fotheringham, Chief Executive of AHURI, speaking as a witness to both inquires in early July.

Australian cities show a growing mismatch between the locations of employment and the geography of affordable rental housing. Low-income workers, who play a critical role in urban labour markets, are finding it increasingly difficult to access affordable rental housing near major employment centres.

Rising numbers of Australian families are experiencing homelessness from factors including family violence, poverty and a lack of affordable and suitable accommodation. How our homelessness system supports these families is examined in our latest research report.