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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 report, part of an AHURI Inquiry into social impact investment for housing and homelessness outcomes, examines different social impact investment (SII) finance options and uses financial modelling and case studies to address this question with a focus on access to housing and support for vulnerable households.

This research investigated the funding and delivery of programs to reduce homelessness in Australia, providing the first comprehensive examination of the funding of Specialist Homelessness Services and other services assisting those experiencing homelessness.

This research provides evidence from case studies of homelessness services into how services supporting those experiencing homelessness are funded, and how different forms and levels of funding impact on the delivery of homelessness assistance. This evidence is based on nine case studies focused on different service models, organisational forms and potential new ways of funding services for the homeless.
This report is one of three reports which form part of an AHURI Inquiry into the funding and delivery of programs to reduce homelessness.

This research provides evidence from the Australian Homelessness Funding and Delivery Survey of how services supporting those experiencing homelessness are funded and how different forms of funding and the level of funding impacts on the delivery of homelessness assistance. It is one of three reports to be released as part of an AHURI Inquiry into the funding and delivery of programs to reduce homelessness.