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View article: Safe and secure accommodation solutions for seasonal and vulnerable workers in regional industries
Safe and secure accommodation solutions for seasonal and vulnerable workers in regional industries Open
This research looked at ways seasonal and vulnerable workers in regional Australia can be better housed. It provides a policy framework for government and industry stakeholders to ensure a healthy, safe and productive workforce.Many busine…
View article: Specialist Disability Accommodation in the social housing sector: Policy and practice
Specialist Disability Accommodation in the social housing sector: Policy and practice Open
This research explores the complex interaction between the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) program and the social housing sector, including participants’ experience of accessing these homes and the extent to which the homes are e…
View article: Specialist Disability Accommodation in the social housing sector: Policy and practice
Specialist Disability Accommodation in the social housing sector: Policy and practice Open
This research explores the complex interaction between the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) program and the social housing sector, including participants’ experience of accessing these homes and the extent to which the homes are e…
View article: Gendered housing matters: toward gender-responsive data and policy making
Gendered housing matters: toward gender-responsive data and policy making Open
With peoples’ gender having a real impact of their ability to find safe, affordable housing, new AHURI research highlights that policy makers and support services need to develop secure and accurate data collection and collation practices …
View article: Gendered housing matters: toward gender-responsive data and policy making
Gendered housing matters: toward gender-responsive data and policy making Open
With peoples’ gender having a real impact of their ability to find safe, affordable housing, new AHURI research highlights that policy makers and support services need to develop secure and accurate data collection and collation practices …
View article: Gendered housing matters: toward gender-responsive data and policy making
Gendered housing matters: toward gender-responsive data and policy making Open
With peoples’ gender having a real impact of their ability to find safe, affordable housing, new AHURI research highlights that policy makers and support services need to develop secure and accurate data collection and collation practices …
View article: Older Australians and the housing aspirations gap
Older Australians and the housing aspirations gap Open
This report examined the housing aspirations of older Australians, defined as households over the age of 55. The number of older Australians increased by almost 3 million between 2006 and 2016. The research collected data through a nationa…
View article: Accessing and sustaining private rental tenancies critical life events housing shocks and insurances
Accessing and sustaining private rental tenancies critical life events housing shocks and insurances Open
This report presents findings from an AHURI study on sustaining private rental tenancies. The study looked at whether targeted or integrated housing support for low to moderate-income private rental tenants at key transition points was lik…
View article: Investigative panel into building and retaining an effective homelessness sector workforce
Investigative panel into building and retaining an effective homelessness sector workforce Open
Low remuneration, short term contracts and competitive funding models are reducing employees’ financial security resulting in experienced staff leaving the specialist homelessness services industry. The research investigates what is needed…
View article: Investigative panel into building and retaining an effective homelessness sector workforce
Investigative panel into building and retaining an effective homelessness sector workforce Open
Low remuneration, short term contracts and competitive funding models are reducing employees’ financial security resulting in experienced staff leaving the specialist homelessness services industry. The research investigates what is needed…
View article: Investigative panel into building and retaining and effective homelessness sector workforce
Investigative panel into building and retaining and effective homelessness sector workforce Open
AHURI's mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of
View article: Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians
Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians Open
This final Inquiry brings together the findings of three research projects to address how Australia can deliver the types of housing precariously housed individuals in, or approaching, retirement need to support their life aspirations, wel…
View article: Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians
Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians Open
This final Inquiry brings together the findings of three research projects to address how Australia can deliver the types of housing precariously housed individuals in, or approaching, retirement need to support their life aspirations, wel…
View article: Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians
Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians Open
AHURI's mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of
View article: Housing aspirations of precariously housed older Australians
Housing aspirations of precariously housed older Australians Open
This research investigates lower income older households’ preferences for a range of alternative housing models and examines which of these would best meet their needs, as well as identifying ways to support households deciding their housi…
View article: Housing aspirations of precariously housed older Australians
Housing aspirations of precariously housed older Australians Open
This research investigates lower income older households’ preferences for a range of alternative housing models and examines which of these would best meet their needs, as well as identifying ways to support households deciding their housi…
View article: Housing aspirations for precariously housed older Australians
Housing aspirations for precariously housed older Australians Open
AHURI's mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change
View article: Mid-Career Challenges in Australian Universities
Mid-Career Challenges in Australian Universities Open
This chapter highlights the challenges and complexities that mid-career academics need to overcome in the Australian higher education sector. Drawing upon the authors' collaborative lived experiences, this chapter aims to define the meanin…
View article: Alternative housing models for precariously housed older Australians
Alternative housing models for precariously housed older Australians Open
This research investigates the potential of alternative housing models to increase the supply of affordable housing for older Australians and the role alternative financing schemes could play in expanding those options.A survey of industry…
View article: Alternative housing models for precariously housed older Australians
Alternative housing models for precariously housed older Australians Open
This research investigates the potential of alternative housing models to increase the supply of affordable housing for older Australians and the role alternative financing schemes could play in expanding those options.A survey of industry…
View article: Alternative housing models for precariously housed older Australians
Alternative housing models for precariously housed older Australians Open
AHURI is a national independent research network with an expert not-for-profit research management company, AHURI Limited, at its centre. AHURI’s mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice c…
View article: Inquiry into population, migration and agglomeration
Inquiry into population, migration and agglomeration Open
This Inquiry final research report investigates agglomeration economies and their ability to alter the economic productivity of cities, together with what are the key drivers of population growth and mobility in Australia.
View article: Inquiry into population, migration and agglomeration
Inquiry into population, migration and agglomeration Open
This Inquiry final research report investigates agglomeration economies and their ability to alter the economic productivity of cities, together with what are the key drivers of population growth and mobility in Australia.
View article: Inquiry into population, migration and agglomeration
Inquiry into population, migration and agglomeration Open
AHURI's mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of
View article: Population growth and mobility in Australia: implications for housing and urban development policies
Population growth and mobility in Australia: implications for housing and urban development policies Open
This research tracks Australia’s population growth over the period 2006–16 to examine how actual growth differed from projected growth. It also examined key drivers of population mobility in Australia to inform future urban development pol…
View article: Population growth and mobility in Australia: implications for housing and urban development policies
Population growth and mobility in Australia: implications for housing and urban development policies Open
This research tracks Australia’s population growth over the period 2006–16 to examine how actual growth differed from projected growth.
\nIt also examined key drivers of population mobility in Australia to inform future urban development p…
View article: Population growth and mobility in Australia: implications for housing and urban development policies
Population growth and mobility in Australia: implications for housing and urban development policies Open
This research tracks Australia’s population growth over the period 2006–16 to examine how actual growth differed from projected growth. It also examined key drivers of population mobility in Australia to inform future urban development pol…
View article: Housing and housing assistance pathways with companion animals: risks, costs, benefits and opportunities
Housing and housing assistance pathways with companion animals: risks, costs, benefits and opportunities Open
This study investigated the policy and regulatory settings that shape housing options available to households that own companion animals. It considers housing and housing assistance contexts nationally across tenures, sectors (e.g. ownersh…
View article: Housing and housing assistance pathways with companion animals: risks, costs, benefits and opportunities
Housing and housing assistance pathways with companion animals: risks, costs, benefits and opportunities Open
This study investigated the policy and regulatory settings that shape housing options available to households that own companion animals. It considers housing and housing assistance contexts nationally across tenures, sectors (e.g. ownersh…
View article: Gender Lens on the Budget 2021-2022
Gender Lens on the Budget 2021-2022 Open
These position papers have been developed by NFAW’s Social Policy Committee to summarise 2020-2021 Budget measures of importance to women in Australia. It also contains a summary of modelling on the impacts of increased government expendit…