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Amity James

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Safe and secure accommodation solutions for seasonal and vulnerable workers in regional industries

Joseph Cheer, Salome Adams, Paul Baron

This report develops an evidence-based policy framework for accommodating seasonal and vulnerable workers in Australian regional areas to ensure a healthy, safe and productive workforce. The research looked at ways in which these workers can be better housed and identifies policy development options to address barriers to innovative practices of accommodation provision.
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Specialist Disability Accommodation in the social housing sector: policy and practice


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 equipped with assistive technology.
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Investigative panel into building and retaining an effective homelessness sector workforce

Marylène Gagné, Cameron Parsell, Jenna Cawthray, Hawa Muhammad Farid

This research investigates what is needed to build a strong specialist homelessness services sector workforce that will help people experiencing homelessness to access accommodation and get ongoing support.
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Ageing in a housing crisis: older people's insecurity and homelessness in Australia


This report refocuses attention on systemic challenges within Australia's housing system that underpin the increasing burden of housing insecurity and, in some cases, homelessness, borne by people living in Australia as they age.
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Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians


The authors of this report assert that a lack of policy reform and action in Australia has resulted in increasing numbers of older people facing their later years living in precarious housing situations.

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