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Brisbane Youth Services evaluation
AHURI’s professional services team has been commissioned to evaluate a pilot project that provides a mobile sustainable tenancy service for young people aged 16 to 25. The pilot program, which started in August 2016 and is to run for an initial 18 month period, is being conducted by Brisbane Youth Services with support from the Queensland Government Department of Housing and Public Works.
AHURI homelessness services report for Ministers released
The AHURI report presents a number of findings including that demand for specialist homelessness services is much higher than the capacity of the system to deliver.
Bond Aggregator model adopted for Treasurers’ affordable housing plan
Federal, State and Territory Treasurers have endorsed a recommendation to establish an expert taskforce to design a bond aggregator model and to report to Heads of Treasuries by mid-2017.
States and Territories agree to ongoing support for National Housing Research Program
State and Territory Ministers agreed to continue support for the National Housing Research Program conducted by AHURI at a meeting of Housing and Homelessness Ministers held in early November.
Improved housing standards for remote Indigenous communities
State and Northern Territory housing departments have improved housing standards on remote Indigenous communities, but much remains to be done, an AHURI report has found.