The Centre's core research program is focussed on the AHURI research agenda. However the Centre does, from time to time, undertake externally funded projects primarily for government agencies. The Centre has identified six priority areas of research and is currently undertaking or has completed research projects in each of these areas. Follow the links for details on each of the projects.
Housing policies for Indigenous Australians Current AHURI Indigenous Capacity Building Program Indigenous home ownership on communal title lands
Sustaining high risk Indigenous tenancies (AHURI - Western Australia)
Categories of Indigenous homeless people and good practice responses to their needs
Between places: Indigenous mobility in discrete and rural settlements An audit and review of local and international Indigenous housing research
Indigenous people in private rental markets (Consumer Affairs Victoria) Housing policies for older Australians Current Integrating housing, support and care for older people: A national and international analysis Completed Evaluation of Comptons Village rental retirement village (Queensland Department of Housing) Rental housing provision for lower income older Australians The impact of home maintenance and modification services on 'ageing in place'and housing adjustments in later life
Older persons in public housing: The policy and management issues (AHURI Swinburne-Monash)
The management of social housing Current Success and failure in public rental: a longitudinal study of factors impacting on positive tenancy outcomes in public housing Completed Sustaining tenancies in public housing (Queensland Department of Housing) Evaluation of Local Partnership Agreements (Queensland Department of Housing and Queensland Health) Review of Private Rental Support Schemes (AHURI – Southern) A Review of Housing Management Tenant Incentive Schemes (AHURI - Southern) Integration and social housing in Australia: challenges and options
Housing markets and urban development Current Trends in Australian non-metropolitan housing markets (AHURI – Swinburne/Monash) A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns (AHURI - Western Australia)
Innovations in the provision of affordable housing (AHURI - Sydney) Completed Understanding and enhancing research policy linkages in Australian housing Review and comparison of Australian and international approaches to homelessness Kynoch Village service delivery review Boarding houses and government supply side intervention Tenancy databases in the context of tenure management Risk-assessment practices in the private rental sector: implications for low-income renters Motivation of investors in the private rental market
Sustainable communities Current Environmental sustainability in residential housing: Understanding attitudes and behaviour towards waste, water, and energy consumption and conservation among Australian households
Housing affordability and homelessness research development project - Atherton and Cooktown (Atherton Regional Council)
Completed Local governance in Queensland Building sustainable social capital in new communities Mid-term review of the Qld Government Responding to Homelessness initiative (Qld Government) Evaluation of the Qld Health Homelessness Initiative (Queensland Health)
Housing and Social Policy Current Reconceptualising housing need in the context of 21st century Australian housing policy
Completed Research policy linkages in Australian housing Housing consumption patterns and earnigns behaviour of income support recipients over time: Analysis of FACS Logitudinal Data Set
Improving access to social housing: Paradigms, principles and reforms (AHURI Swinburne-Monash)