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A newly published AHURI report, ‘A new look at the channels from housing to employment decisions’, undertaken by researchers from RMIT University and Curtin University, finds that rising levels of mortgage debt may cause workers to extend their working lives in order to pay off their mortgages.

A new AHURI report, ‘A new look at the channels from housing to employment decisions’, undertaken by researchers from RMIT University and Curtin University, explores if intergenerational wealth transfers (as bequests or parental cash transfers), which are typically financed through housing wealth, shape the education and work careers of those who receive the benefit.

New AHURI research finds that although Specialist Homeless Services (SHS) agencies do receive some funding from diverse non-government sources, these are unlikely to provide a significant contribution to reducing homelessness in the foreseeable future.

A new AHURI report finds that transferring the management of public housing from state and territory governments to not-for-profit community housing providers (CHPs) could help to revive run-down estates and fund the development of additional affordable housing.

A recent AHURI report, ‘Safe and sound? How funding mix affects homelessness support for Indigenous Australians’, has found that no Federal or State government program specifically targets supporting homeless Indigenous Australians or those at risk of experiencing homelessness, despite their being significantly over represented in the homeless population.