This study shows that gains have been made in improving access outcomes in mainstream public housing for Indigenous people in housing need. The high levels of continuing unmet housing need in the Indigenous population indicate, however, that more needs to be done. We also need to ensure that vulnerable households in public housing at risk...

In a paper for the Australian Social Policy Conference 2005, Marc Adam and Paul Flatau from Murdoch University examine the relationship between the level of job security experienced by Australian workers and mental health and well-being outcomes and changes in the level of job security felt by Australian workers and changes in the level of...

Housing assistance (HA) interventions not only aim to meet housing needs they also aim to contribute to improved social and economic outcomes for individuals, families and communities.

It identifies the impediments Indigenous people face in accessing mainstream public and long-term community housing assistance programs and sustaining tenancies in public and community housing. And it discusses policy actions and measures that may help to overcome these obstacles. Authors: Paul Flatau, Lesley Cooper, Mary Morris, Andrew Beer, Natalie McGrath, Marc Adam and Dora Marinova

Paul Flatau, Patric Hendershott, Richard Watson and Gavin Wood report on the development of an integrated model of the housing system that incorporates the broad range of drivers that influence the housing market, including the role of aspirations, household formation, economic incentives and labour market interactions.