Research in progress

While the number of people housed under the emergency accommodation has been the subject of evaluation, there has been no analysis of effect of public health responses to COVID-19 on homelessness support services, how these impacted upon people experiencing homelessness and the delivery of services to them, and most importantly, what was learned about preventing and intervening in homelessness from this period of rapid policy, service and practice innovation.

Both social and mainstream media have highlighted an emergent housing crisis in the private rental system in part created by rental increases that have no relationship to tenant incomes.

Poor quality housing is swiftly coming to the fore of discussion in the Australian popular media, nongovernment organisation (NGO) advocacy programs and political messaging. Largely missing from this discussion, however, is sustained and productive debate on options for policy action.

Multi-provider social housing systems are the norm across the OECD and EU, and are emerging in Australia. Current evidence for the scale and coverage of providers of social housing is fragmented and partial. 

The importance of embedding Aboriginal voices and perspectives in housing policy and practice is clearly recognised. There is a need to better understand how Aboriginal voices and aspirations can be embedded in the development of housing policy and programs.