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This scoping study gathered data on the scale and scope of policy interventions in the housing system during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia—a critical first step for on-going assessment of the outcomes and impacts of the broad suite of initiatives deployed by governments in response to the pandemic and to prepare policy makers for future crises with similar system-wide implications.

This is the final report for the AHURI Inquiry into social impact investment for housing and homelessness outcomes. Social impact investment (SII) is investment intending to generate social and financial returns, while actively measuring both. It is a growing mechanism for using capital from investors to finance solutions to complex social problems.

This research is the first to examine the opportunities for, barriers to and risks to social impact investment (SII) for social and affordable housing in Australia.

This study investigated the opportunities and risks for social impact investments (SII) to improve housing and homelessness outcomes in Australia.