housing

Are hygiene and public health interventions likely to improve outcomes for Australian Aboriginal children living in remote commu

Australian Policy Online - Reports - June 30, 2008 - 11:00am

The objective of this systematic literature review was to examine the epidemiological evidence for a relationship between various hygiene and public health intervention strategies, separately or in combination, and the occurrence of common preventable childhood infectious diseases.

Perceptions of home ownership among IBA home loan clients

Australian Policy Online - Reports - June 25, 2008 - 11:00am

This report presents the findings of a household survey of 58 Indigenous Business Australia home loan clients in nine towns in Queensland and the Northern Territory on remote Indigenous settlements with community title land.

Report into housing affordability tabled

The Bartlett Diaries - June 17, 2008 - 4:05pm

I’ve written a few earlier posts about the Senate Inquiry into Housing Affordability that was set up earlier this year. The Committee brought down its report yesterday – you can access it by clicking here. Read more »

Housing Affordability Fund consultation paper

Australian Policy Online - Reports - June 15, 2008 - 11:00am

This paper outlines the proposed design of the Housing Affordability Fund including the process for selecting suitable projects, and seeks responses to a series of questions raised in the document.

HOUSING : Time for a revitalised and vibrant public housing sector

Australian Policy Online - Analysis - June 5, 2008 - 11:00am

More public housing funds are needed to unleash its potential, argue ROWLAND ATKINSON and KEITH JACOBS

Andrew Leigh on house prices & the value of a quality public education

Harry Clarke - June 27, 2008 - 12:11am

Andrew Leigh is an amazingly active economist and does work of real social value. The current Economic Record has a piece by Andrew and his colleague Ian Davidoff where he values public school education in the ACT by looking at the effects of better than average test scores on house prices. A preprint of the whole paper is here. Read more »

A good house is hard to find: Housing affordability in Australia

Australian Policy Online - Reports - June 19, 2008 - 11:00am

This Senate report into housing affordability in Australia sets out the facts, analyses the causes and discusses some remedies.

Housing consumption patterns and earnings behaviour of income support recipients over time

Australian Policy Online - Reports - June 16, 2008 - 11:00am

Conducted by the AHURI Queensland Research Centre, this is the Final Report for a research project concerned with issues about patterns of housing consumption among people on income support.

Linking SAAP, child protection and juvenile justice data collections: a feasibility study

Australian Policy Online - Reports - June 13, 2008 - 11:00am

Linking the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, child protection and juvenile justice data collections would provide valuable information about the characteristics of people who are involved in one or more of these sectors. This report concludes that linkage is technically feasible and that both the SAAP and juvenile justice data collections have data currently suitable for linkage.

Public housing in Australia, stigma, home and opportunity

Australian Policy Online - Reports - June 2, 2008 - 11:00am

This discussion paper explores the reasons why public housing has become so stigmatised and makes the case for increased investment and other strategies that can improve the status of public housing.