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AHURI research informs Australian Government Inquiry into Newstart
The Australian Government’s Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs has released its report from the ‘Inquiry into the adequacy of Newstart and related payments and alternative mechanisms to determine the level of income support payments in Australia’. The report made 27 recommendations in total and proposed a number of important recommendations in relation to housing welfare programs.
2020 National Housing Research Program commences
Research is underway for the suite of projects funded by AHURI as part of the 2020 National Housing Research Program (NHRP).
Trends show that home ownership is unlikely to increase in the future
Despite the challenges of Australia’s changed institutional environment since the late 1970s, overall home ownership has held up well.
AHURI announces the rapid response COVID-19 Research Agenda
AHURI has launched the COVID-19 Research Agenda with our partner universities to further build and support housing and urban policy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Local initiatives show success in reducing youth homelessness and early school leaving
Children, adolescents and young adults are one of the largest user groups of homelessness services. In 2017–18, there were 81,193 young parents and accompanying children and 43,200 adolescents and young adults presenting alone to Specialist Homelessness Services.