Housing
Youth Homelessness: Four Policy Proposals
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
A 60-page Australian report on the causes of youth homelessness, effective prevention strategies in schools and proposals for strengthening early intervention capacity
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2004-10-12
Women, Domestic and Family Violence and Homelessness
OWF
This 84-page Australian report investigates the support and accommodation needs of women (and children) affected by domestic and family violence
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2008-12-04
Women, Domestic and Family Violence and Homelessness
OFW
This 84-page Australian report studies the support and accommodation needs of women and children affected by family violence
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2008-10-05
Who's Dreaming? Homeownership Among Low Income Families
Center for Economic and Policy Research
A 12-page U.S. briefing paper examining the relative merits of renting and owning homes among low income households
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-01-12
Wherever I Can Lay My Head: Homeless Youth on Homelessness
The Night Ministry
An 86-page U.S. study of a survey of homeless youth in Chicago, designed to learn what the youth themselves identify as their housing needs, and to understand the differences in these needs among a number of subgroups
HousingPosted: 2005-03-16
What Next for Distressed Public Housing?
Urban Institute
A summary of lessons learned from the U.S. Hope VI program for public housing
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2004-06-10
What Drives Australian Housing Careers? An Examination of the Role of Labour Market, Social and Economic Determinants
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
A 90-page Australian study designed to further the understanding of the key drivers that determine the decisions people make about their housing during their lifetimes
HousingPosted: 2004-09-29
What Can Be Done to Improve Employment Outcomes Among People Receiving Housing Assistance?
AHURI
A 6-page Australian policy bulletin summarizing the impediments to economic participation among recipients of housing assistance
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2009-06-11
Unlocking Potential, Transforming Lives: An Evaluation of Crisis SmartSkills, a Personalised Accredited Learning Programme
Crisis
This 58-page UK publication explores the difference that personalised learning alongside access to accommodation made to the lives of people with experience of homelessness
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-11-13
Understanding Homeless Youth
Urban Institute
A 14-page US testimony on the numbers of homeless youth, their characteristics, factors predisposing them to become homeless and promising interventions
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2007-06-23
Transferable Lessons from the New Towns: Housing Research Summary
Department for Communities and Local Government
A 17-page summary of an extensive review of the research and other literature dealing with the English new towns programme, conducted to identify lessons to be learned from the programme
Housing, Urban IssuesPosted: 2006-07-12
The Skid Row Collaborative 2003-2007: Process Evaluation
Urban Institute
This 28-page US report examines a homelessness project that moved chronically homeless disabled people into housing and helped them with health, mental health, substance abuse and other supportive services
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-09-22
The Role of Home Maintenance and Modification Services in Achieving Health, Community Care and Housing Outcomes in Later Life
AHURI
This 176-page Australian research aims to establish the foundations for a more extensive evidence base to underpin policies to provide home maintenance and modification (HMM) services to older Australians.
The National Homelessness Initiative
Fraser Institute
This 2-page critique of Canada's National Homelessness Initiative castigates the government for failing to provide any meaningful measure of its effectiveness
Housing, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2004-02-17
The Key to Stabilizing House Prices: Bring Them Down
CEPR
A 7-page brief offering proposals for stabilizing the US housing market
HousingPosted: 2008-12-03
The Integration of Homelessness, Mental health and Drug and Alcohol Services in Australia
AHURI
This 54-page Australian study aims to increase understanding of the ways in which homelessness, mental health and drug and alcohol services can be coordinated or integrated to provide services to homeless people
Social Policy, HousingPosted: 2010-08-04
The Impacts of Foreclosures on Families and Communities: A Primer
Urban Institute
This 54-page US brief summarizes what is known about how foreclosures adversely affect households and their neighborhoods — from children and the elderly to public safety and local property tax revenues. It also looks at policies, programs, and response strategies to prevent or mitigate the fallout
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-07-07
The Housing Careers of People with a Disability and Carers of People with a Disability
AHURI
A 64-page Australian research paper considering the housing careers of persons affected by disability and those family members with significant care responsibilities
Disability, HousingPosted: 2009-05-20
The Hidden Truth about Homelessness: Experiences of Single Homelessness in England
Crisis
This 74-page UK study aims to expose the extent of hidden homelessness, explore the experiences and needs of single homeless people who are hidden and identify the consequences of living in such marginalised and insecure circumstances
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2011-05-19
The Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Homelessness Prevention and Assistance Programs
AHURI
An 85-page positioning paper describing the research design for a study of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of homelessness prevention and support programmes in Western Australia
HousingPosted: 2006-10-10
The Dynamics of Housing Affordability: Movements in and out of Housing Affordability Stress 2001–2006
AHURI
A 70-page Australian report investigating the dynamics of housing affordability in Australia over the period 2001–06 by tracking the housing affordability trajectories of a nationally representative sample of Australians across a period of six years
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2009-07-14
The Costs and Benefits of Using Private Housing as the 'Home Base' for Care of Older People
AHURI
This 62-page Australian report outlines research into the relationships between the costs and benefits of using private housing as the home base for the care of older people
The Cost-Effectiveness of Homelessness Programs
AHURI
A 4-page Australian research bulletin examining the cost-effectiveness of different homelessness programmes
HousingPosted: 2008-07-31
The Code for Sustiainable Homes
CLG - UK
A 68-page document setting out the assessment process and performance standards required for the UK Code for Sustainable Homes
Housing, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-02-29
The Benefits and Risks of Home Ownership: Disaggregating the Effects of Household Income
AHURI
This 54-page Australian positioning paper is the first report from a project which seeks to add to the research evidence base on the financial and non-financial outcomes of home ownership for households
HousingPosted: 2009-09-14
The Benefits and Risks of Home Ownership for Low-moderate Income Households
AHURI
A 166-page Australian study of the benefits and risks of home ownership with special reference to low-moderate income households
HousingPosted: 2010-10-27
Tenancy Databases: Risk minimisation and outcomes
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
This 74-page report examines the nature and use of tenancy databases in Australia, and explores the policy implications
Housing, Personal PrivacyPosted: 2004-02-16
Tackling Youth Homelessness
Department for Communities and Local Government - UK
A 25-page UK policy briefing focusing on the work of central government, local authorities and the voluntary and community sector to prevent and tackle youth homelessness
Housing, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2007-03-12
Sustained Earnings Gains for Residents in a Public Housing Jobs Program
MDRC
An 8-page US policy brief reporting on a test of whether a program that combined employment and training services, new rent rules to “make work pay,” and neighbor-to-neighbor outreach centering on work could make a difference in the economic prospects of public housing residents
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2010-02-11
Sustainable Design, Climate Change and the Built Environment
CABE
An 8-page UK briefing setting out what the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment will do to address the issues of sustainable design and climate change and the action needed from the public and private sectors
Climate Change & Environment, HousingPosted: 2007-10-17
Supporting Tenants with Demanding Behaviour: A Review of the Research Evidence
AHURI
This 37-page Australian positioning paper examines the research literature on managing and supporting tenants who present demanding behaviour
Housing, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2007-05-23
Subsidized Housing and Employment: Building Evidence About What Works to Improve Self-Sufficiency
MDRC
This 51-page US working paper argues that subsidized housing and employment policies should have a stronger evidence base created by an expanded use of randomized controlled trials
Housing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-04-04
Submarkets in Public Sector Housing: An Abstract Concept or a Decision-making Tool?
AHURI
This 36-page Australian report is designed to evaluate the concept of ‘housing submarkets’ in terms of its relevance for social housing analysis and to assess its usefulness in informing management and administrative practices in the social housing sector
HousingPosted: 2009-08-28
Submarkets in Public Sector Housing
AHURI
A 25-page Australian positioning paper assessing the "housing submarket" concept in relation to its potential policy relevance for the public housing sector
HousingPosted: 2008-01-03
Strategies for Preventing Homelessness
Urban Institute
A 210-page exploratory U.S. study identifying communities that have implemented effective and well-target homelessness-prevention activities
HousingPosted: 2006-02-16
Social Housing and Worklessness: Qualitative Research Findings
DWP
This 154-page UK report examines the relatively high levels of worklessness within the social housing sector
HousingPosted: 2008-09-16
Shared Equity Homeownership
NHI
This 158-page US study examines the development of alternatives to conventional home ownership strategies
HousingPosted: 2006-12-03
Shared Equity Home Ownership
NHI
This 158-page US study describes shared equity home ownership models in use in the US, and the policy and design issues they raise
HousingPosted: 2006-09-13
Shared Equity Home Ownership
NHI
A 158-page US paper examining the benefits of shared equity home ownership
HousingPosted: 2007-07-20
Service Directions and Issues in Social Housing for Indigenous Households in Urban and Regional Areas
AHURI
This 101-page Australian research investigates how social housing services are provided to Indigenous clients in urban and regional settings
Indigenous Affairs, HousingPosted: 2010-06-07
Rough Living: Surviving Homelessness and Violence
UTSePress
This 70-page Australian report reveals the ways in which intense chains of disadvantage incorporating homelessness are triggered by very early experiences of violence
Housing, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2011-01-26
Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer in Women Diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma in situ in Australia between 1995 and 2005
AIHW
This 36-page Austrslian report presents data that show that women who are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are at significantly increased risk of being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer later on in their lives, even though the DCIS would have been treated appropriately at the time
Right to Rent Plan
CEPR
A 2-page US issue brief discussing a plan designed to solve the mortgage foreclosure crisis
HousingPosted: 2009-07-31
Reverse Mortgages and Older People: Growth Factors and Implications for Retirement Decisions
AHURI
A 97-page Australian positioning paper considering the key factors impacting the examination of reverse mortgage use by older people in terms of possible growth factors and the potential implications for their retirement decisions
Residential Mobility of the European Elderly
CESifo
This 22-page paper analyses the residential mobility decisions of the elderly and the factors influencing them in eleven European countries
Residential Mobility and Housing Adjustment of Older Households in Europe
IZA
A 29-page discusion paper investigating the determinants of residential mobility in older households, and the adjustment of housing for those who move
Rental Housing Provision for Lower-Income Older Australians: Final Report
AHURI
This 186-page report highlights the increasing social housing needs of low-income older Australians
Reform: Housing 2009
Australian Law Reform Commission
This 93-page Australian report focuses on the ability to provide adequate housing for everyone
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-22
Reauthorization of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
Urban Institute
This 15-page US house testimony provides an overview of US policies for dealing with homelessness
HousingPosted: 2007-10-29
Public Housing, Women and Employment: Challenges and Strategies
AHURI
This 99-page Australian research examines why and how public housing tenants (and in particular sole parents and women with unemployed partners) are able to (re-)enter paid work despite the many barriers
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2010-11-09
Public Housing and Employment
AHURI
A 4-page Australian bulletin synthesising research on the incentive and disincentive effects of public housing on employment
HousingPosted: 2006-08-04
Promoting Home Ownership Among Low-Income Households
Urban Institute
A 22-page US report proposing that housing benefits be reformed to encourage home ownership
HousingPosted: 2007-08-28
Preventing and Ending Homelessness: Next Steps
Urban Institute
This 12-page brief examines the current state of homelessness in the US, how community responses are changing, what is working, and what policymakers should be doing to make more advances
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2009-02-20
Preliminary Analysis of National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program Effects: September 2010 Update
Urban Institute
A 162-page US study of the effectiveness of the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) programme
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2011-01-24
Precarious Housing and Health Inequalities: What Are the Links?
Hanover Welfare Services
Summary findings of an Australian study exploring the relationship between precarious housing and health
Precarious Employment and Housing Insecurity: Understanding the Connections
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
A 47-page Australian conference paper on current research investigating how precarious attachment to the labour market contributes to housing insecurity
HousingPosted: 2005-03-26
Pathways From Out-of-home Care
AHURI
A 4-page Australian policy bulletin dealing with the importance of housing pathways for care leavers
Families, Children & Youth, HousingPosted: 2010-09-27
Overcoming Concentrated Poverty and Isolation: Ten Lessons for Policy and Practice
Urban Institute
A 48-page U.S. report on the results of research testing alternative strategies for helping low-income families escape high-poverty, central city communities
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2005-08-19
Operating Deficits and Public Housing: Policy Options for Reversing the Trend
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
A 180-page report examining trends in the financial performance of Australian and New Zealand housing authorities with a view to developing policies for returning public housing to surplus and enabling an expansion in assisted housing
Housing, Urban IssuesPosted: 2004-06-10
On the Negative Relationship Between Labor Income Uncertainty and Homeownership: Risk Aversion vs. Credit Constraints
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 28-page discussion paper examining whether the underlying factor behind the negative effect of income uncertainty on home ownership propensity is risk aversion or credit constraints
HousingPosted: 2004-07-25
On the Home Front: Improving the Housing Environment and Delivering Sustainable Communities
Groundwork UK
A U.K. report examining housing needs in the context of regeneration and a better-integrated society
HousingPosted: 2004-07-13
Older Persons in Public Housing: Present and Future Profile
AHURI
A 90-page Australian research paper identifies particular issues for public housing tenants and addresses the implications for service providers
Older Persons in Public Housing
AHURI
This 99-page Australian report identifies the policy and management issues for public housing providers dealing with older people
New Approaches to Affordable Housing: Overview of the Housing Affordability Problem
Reason Foundation
A 7-page U.S. policy brief outlining several policy options that local governments should pursue to promote affordable housing in their areas
HousingPosted: 2005-05-09
Natural Disaster Preparation and Response: A Guide for State Housing Authorities
AHURI
This 52-page Australian positioning paper reviews the international literature on disaster management, summarises Governments' arrangements to manage disasters and outlines the gaps in knowledge and the methods devised for the project to address these gaps
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HousingPosted: 2009-03-04
Mortgage Default in Australia: Nature, Causes and Social and Economic Impacts
AHURI
This 91-page Australian report presents and analyses primary data gathered from a survey of defaulting mortgagors and a number of follow-up interviews, in order to better understand the factors mainly responsible for borrowers falling into mortgage repayment difficulties, the range of impacts on their lives and the clues all this might give for sensible policy development
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-04-14
More Than a Bed: Sydney's Homeless Speak Out
Wesley Mission
A 44-page Australian report examining the causes of homelessness
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2008-07-12
Monitoring Success in Choice Neighborhoods: A Proposed Approach to Performance Measurement
Urban Institute
This 50-page paper considers how to effectively evaluate outcomes and measure success in comprehensive community transformation efforts like Choice Neighborhoods. The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative proposed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is intended to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty and severely distressed housing into revitalized mixed-income communities
Urban Issues, HousingPosted: 2010-05-28
Missed Opportunities: The Case for Investment in Learning and Skills for Homeless People
Crisis
A 75-page UK report highlighting how participation in learning and skills can transform the lives of homeless people
Poverty & Hunger, HousingPosted: 2006-09-08
Managing Social Housing for Indigenous Populations
Swinburne Institute for Social Research
This 11-page paper, based on Australian experience, provides a conceptual framework for understanding why and how indigenous cultures require culturally-specific management practices in social housing
HousingPosted: 2004-03-03
Lost Voices: The Invisibility of Homeless People with Multiple Needs
Crisis
A 60-page U.K. study on multiple health needs among homeless individuals
Losing Ground in the Best of Times: Low Income Renters in the 1990s
National Low Income Housing Coalition
This 24-page U.S. report finds that while housing conditions improved for many income groups during the 1990s, conditions worsened for the lowest income renting households
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2004-03-17
Locked Out 2004: California
California Budget Project
This 36-page report analyses the nature and causes of the shortage of affordable housing in California
HousingPosted: 2004-03-12
Local Government and Affordable Housing
CHRANZ
A 74-page New Zealand study conducted to explore the current role of local government in affordable housing, the potential for optimising this role and the challenges facing the local authorities
HousingPosted: 2007-09-22
Living in Fear: Violence and Victimisation in the Lives of Homeless People
Crisis
This 38-page UK report explores homeless people's experience of crime and anti-social behaviour
Housing, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2006-03-24
Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS
IZA
A 36-page discussion paper examining the type of living arrangement experienced by elderly Chinese
Life on the Margins: The Experiences of Homeless People Living in Squats
Crisis
A 70-page U.K. report examining the prevalence and experiences of homeless people living in squats (occupied premises)
HousingPosted: 2004-05-05
International Trends in Housing and Policy Responses
AHURI
A 188-page Australian study reviewing housing policies across a range of countries having a level of development similar to that of Australia
HousingPosted: 2008-01-28
International Practice in Planning for Affordable Housing: Lessons for Australia
AHURI
This 98-page Australian report reviews the international experience of using urban planning systems to foster the affordable housing supply
HousingPosted: 2007-10-11
Integration and Social Housing in Australia
AHURI
This 58-page Australian study examines the themes of policy and service integration in the provision of social housing
HousingPosted: 2008-03-19
Innovative Construction Products and Techniques
CLG - UK
A 45-page UK report providing information on innovative construction products and techniques, with particular reference to fire safety
Housing, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-01-08
Innovation in Affordable Housing in Australia: Bringing Policy and Practice for Not-for-profit Housing Organisations Together
AHURI
This 197-page Australian report study investigates the policy environment and accomplishments of emerging not-for-profit housing developers in Australia. The core purpose is to understand the current operating environment of these agencies and to identify directions for policy that could enable these or similar organisations to make larger scale contributions to the provision of affordable housing
HousingPosted: 2009-07-14
Indigenous Homelessness
AHURI
A 44-page Australian positioning paper for research into understanding the housing needs of indigenous people
Indigenous Affairs, HousingPosted: 2008-09-28
Independent Living Units: the Forgotten Social Housing Sector
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
This 87-page report examines the significance of ILU
Include Me In
Demos
This 25-page U.K. report offers a model for assisting homeless people to return to work and escape exclusion
Social Policy, HousingPosted: 2005-07-05
In the Face of Gentrification: Case Studies of Local Efforts to Mitigate Displacement
Urban Institute
A 100-page report describing strategies to balance revitalization of neighbourhoods with measures to reduce the displacement of low-income families
Housing, Urban IssuesPosted: 2006-03-24
Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings: Learning from the European Union and Australia
Rand Corporation
This 61-page US report examines how policies to increase energy efficiency in buildings in the European Union and Australia have worked and draws implications for the design of similar public policies for the United States
Climate Change & Environment, HousingPosted: 2009-09-23
Improving Outcomes for Homeless Jobseekers: The YP4 Experience
SPRC
This 10-page Australian paper describes the trial of an initiative to provide a service for people suffering homelessness and unemployment
Housing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-08-31
Improving Housing Responses to Indigenous Patterns of Mobility
AHURI
This 75-page Australian study examines housing service responses to Indigenous patterns of temporary mobility and how these can be improved
Indigenous Affairs, HousingPosted: 2010-02-05
Improving Access to Social Housing: Paradigms, Principles and Reforms
AHURI
This 106-Australian report examines some options for improving access to social housing
HousingPosted: 2007-04-25
Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain
IZA
This 34-page discussion paper estimates empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over the period 1998-2008
Housing, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-08-13
Hybrid Buildings: Pathways for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Housing Sector
Institute for Social Research
This Australian report shows how the carbon emissions from 5-star rated homes can be reduced to zero, with the savings averaging eleven tonnes per house each year
Climate Change & Environment, HousingPosted: 2009-08-11
How to Help Indigenous Families into Stable Housing and Sustainable Tenancy
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
A 4-page Australian research and policy bulletin explaining how to help indigenous women and children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness into stable housing and sustainable tenancy
HousingPosted: 2005-06-15
How Does Security of Tenure Impact on Public Housing Tenants?
AHURI
A 6-page Australian bulletin discussing the benefits of providing security of tenure to public housing occupants
HousingPosted: 2006-08-04
How Does Housing Assistance Affect Employment, Health & Social Cohesion?
AHURI
An 8-page Australian policy bulletin reviewing the evidence base on the well-being outcomes of housing, and identifying key knowledge gaps
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-03-12
How do Housing and Housing Assistance Relate to Social Cohesion?
AHURI
A 4-page Australian policy bulletin synthesizing research into the relationship between housing and social cohesion
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2007-12-03
How Can the Benefits of Housing Regeneration Programs be Sustained?
AHURI
A 4-page Australian policy bulletin examining the implementation of social housing estate renewal scheme exit strategies
Housing, Urban IssuesPosted: 2007-02-21
Housing, Public Policy and Social Inclusion
AHURI
A 42-page Australian positioning paper aiming to make explicit the ways that housing processes ‘perform’ in accentuating or ameliorating social disadvantage
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-09-27
Housing, Loneliness and Health
AHURI
This 35-page essay asks whether housing, loneliness and health are connected in contemporary Australia, and if they are, whether it a nexus that can be addressed positively through housing policy
Housing, Inequality and the Role of Population Mobility
AHURI
This 72-page Australian study aims to bring the role of population mobility into contemporary academic understandings of socio-spatial polarisation
Housing, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-12-17