Final Report No. 146: Reverse mortgages and older people: growth factors and...
If reverse mortgage products are to be accessed to enable ageing in place by supplementing the housing and care support needs of older homeowners, greater guidance and support is required for the most...
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 126: How well do older Australians utilise...
Despite the apparent under-utilisation of their dwellings according to previous methods of measurement, the majority of older people regard their house as suitable for their needs and adapt excess...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 149: Housing and children's development and wellbeing: a...
This scoping study reviewed existing literature on the connections between housing and childhood development and wellbeing it investigates the value and feasibility of conducting empirical research in...
View ArticlePositioning Paper No. 132: The integration of homelessness, mental health and...
This study aims to increase our 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, the...
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 130: Housing, support and care for older...
Forms of service integrated housing-such as retirement villagesâhave been developed by the community and private sectors to provide housing, support and care for older people in Australia. Is there a...
View ArticlePositioning Paper No. 133: Housing needs of asset-poor older Australians:...
This Positioning Paper is the first output of a project that explores the housing options and actual housing circumstances of asset-poor older Australians. The overall aim of the project is to provide...
View ArticlePositioning Paper No. 131: Housing assistance, social inclusion and people...
The election of the Labor Government to office in 2007 has heralded a number of changes in the focus of public policy in Australia. Paramount among these changes has been a renewed focus on three key...
View ArticlePositioning Paper No. 134: Age-specific housing for low to moderate-income...
This positioning paper provides the context for a multidisciplinary research project on age-specific housing and care for low to medium-income older people. The research project draws on the...
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 132: Home ownership reduces the cost of...
The research examined the costs and benefits of providing in-home care to older people in contrast to residential care and evaluated the interrelationships between housing and care variables in...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 156: Asset poverty and older Australians' transitions onto...
This project aims to explore how the asset-poor status of older Australians helps to determine their demand for housing assistance, the coping strategies used by the asset-poor as they strive to secure...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 164: Housing, loneliness and health
This Essay explored the newly emerging issue of loneliness and its connection to housing and housing policy in Australia and what subsequent impact on health there may be.
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 136: Reverse mortgages and older people
This project determined the current state of the reverse mortgage market in Australia and the popularity and potential growth amongst older persons of reverse mortgages and home reversion schemes. It...
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 139: Asset poverty and older Australians'...
Wealth and debt positions are becoming increasingly important in shaping the pathways into housing assistance programs. This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 173: The health impacts of housing: toward a policy-relevant...
Housing is central to our lives. And while it may be seen on one level as principally about shelter, housing importantly provides other benefits. Affordable, appropriate, and adequate housing is argued...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 174: Age-specific housing and care for low to moderate...
This report presents the final findings of a national, interdisciplinary research project into age-specific housing for lower-income older Australians. The key research aim addressed in this report is...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 178: Housing assistance, social inclusion and people living...
This Final Report outlines the findings of research addressing two pressing conceptual and policy challenges: 1. What impact does housing assistance have on social inclusion for people with...
View ArticlePositioning Paper No. 150: Downsizing amongst older Australians
This project aims to understand the extent of downsizing amongst older Australians, who is doing it, and the motivations, obstacles and financial and social consequences of downsizing.
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 159: What effect does housing assistance...
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Housing assistance, social inclusion and people with a disability.
View ArticleFinal Report No. 206: How integrated are homelessness, mental health and drug...
The purpose of this study is to increase our understanding of the extent and ways in which homelessness, drug and alcohol, and mental health services are working together to provide services to clients...
View ArticlePositioning Paper No. 153: Assets, debt and the drawdown of housing equity by...
This Positioning Paper is the first output of a project that aims to uncover the uses, financial costs and risks of housing equity withdrawal (HEW) via alternative mechanisms by older Australians.
View ArticlePositioning Paper No. 154: Wellbeing outcomes of lower income renters: a...
The purpose of this Positioning Paper is to outline the conceptual and methodological framework that will guide the empirical analysis across all stages of the research. It also presents our sample...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 217: Housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to...
This project uncovers the uses, risks of and barriers to housing equity withdrawal (HEW) by older home owners aged 45 years and over via three alternative mechanisms: in situ mortgage equity withdrawal...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 214: Downsizing amongst older Australians
This research aims to understand more fully the phenomenon of downsizing in the Australian context including: the extent of downsizing amongst older Australians; who downsizes and why; what is involved...
View ArticlePositioning Paper No. 159: Future housing and support needs of people with...
In an ageing society such as Australia, there is growing recognition of the importance of planning for the future care of older people with dementia (PwD). While there is a growing literature around...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 222: Preventing first time homelessness amongst older...
This study examined older peopleâs homelessness in Australia, with a particular focus on the experience of becoming homeless for the first time in later life.
View ArticleFinal Report No. 226: Wellbeing outcomes of lower income renters: a...
The aim of this Final Report is to examine the question of whether the wellbeing of social and lower income private renters is better or worse in areas with low and high concentrations of social...
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 176: Housing equity withdrawal in Australia
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Housing equity withdrawal: uses and risks of alternative options...
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 179: Downsizing amongst older Australians
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Downsizing amongst older Australians.
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 182: How integrated are homelessness,...
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Homelessness and services and system integration.
View ArticlePositioning Paper No. 162: The role of private rental support programs in...
This Positioning Paper is the first output from a study designed to shed light on the present role of brokerage programs and their role in the private rental housing market.
View ArticleResearch Paper Rooming house futures: governing for growth, transparency and...
This Discussion Paper is provided to invitees to an Investigative Panel on Rooming House Futures as part of a project funded by AHURI. The principal question framing this project asks: What are the...
View ArticleResearch Paper Rooming house futures: governing for growth, transparency and...
This research seeks to identify and analyse the policy and regulatory challenges for government in facilitating the operation of a legitimate and viable rooming/boarding house sector.
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 191: Preventing first time homelessness...
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Preventing first time homelessness amongst older Australians.
View ArticlePositioning Paper No. 164: Australian demographic trends and their...
This Positioning Paper is the first output of a project that aims to forecast future housing subsidies that will accompany projected demographic changes and the challenges these trends may pose for the...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 242: Housing priorities of people with dementia: security,...
The overall aim of this project is to equip housing practitioners and policy-makers with new knowledge into the future housing and support needs of people with dementia (PwD).
View ArticleFinal Report No. 245: Rooming house futures: governing for growth, fairness...
This Investigative Panel focused on the challenges facing the rooming/boarding house policy community in Victoria and New South Wales. The Panel argued that in the context of growth in the sector and a...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 246: Moving to my home: housing aspirations, transitions and...
The project aims to: identify the factors enabling people with disability to transition into, and sustain, housing which suits their preferences and needs, in the context of individualised support...
View ArticleEasy Read report Easy Read report about housing for people with disability
This report is about housing for people with disability under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). It is about how to help people with disability live how and where they want to.
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 197: Is de-concentrating social housing a...
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Wellbeing outcomes of low-income renters: a multilevel analysis...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 246: Moving to my home: housing aspirations, transitions and...
The project aims to: identify the factors enabling people with disability to transition into, and sustain, housing which suits their preferences and needs, in the context of individualised support...
View ArticleEasy Read report Easy Read report about housing for people with disability
This report is about housing for people with disability under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). It is about how to help people with disability live how and where they want to.
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 200: How can we improve housing and care...
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Future housing and support needs of people with dementia.
View ArticleFinal Report No. 252: The cost effectiveness of Australian tenancy support...
This report is the first of two examining the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of these programs. The second report will delve in detail on programs operating in Western Australia examining...
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 202: How can we improve rooming house...
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Rooming house futures: governing for growth, fairness and...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 258: NDIS, housing assistance and choice and control for...
This research project supports the Evidence-Based Policy Enquiry Individualised forms of welfare provision and reform of Australiaâs housing assistance system. It draws on primary and secondary...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 259: Accessing and sustaining private rental tenancies:...
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...
View ArticleFinal Report No. 258: NDIS, housing assistance and choice and control for...
This research project supports the Evidence-Based Policy Enquiry Individualised forms of welfare provision and reform of Australiaâs housing assistance system. It draws on primary and secondary...
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 205: Addressing the housing needs of...
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Accommodating NDIS: maximising housing choice in a reformed...
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 205: Addressing the housing needs of...
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Accommodating NDIS: maximising housing choice in a reformed...
View ArticleResearch and Policy Bulletin Issue 207: Identifying assistance to sustain low...
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Sustaining private rental tenancies: targeted tenant support...
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