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This project investigates the dynamics of housing affordability in Australia over the period 2001–06 by tracking the housing affordability trajectories of a nationally representative sample of Australians across a period of six years, using the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. This project provides important information for the formulation and design of policies that aim to improve housing affordability in Australia.

 The paper from the Community Housing Federatoni of Australia aims to articulate the future opportunities and risks for the community housing sector against a backdrop of rapid policy change and an increased focus on the sector as a vehicle for delivering growth in the number of affordable rental dwellings, either as developers, tenancy managers, or both. 

Download the paper Achieving a viable and sustainable community housing sector:  an industry perspective

This assessment tools contains a number of conversational questions designed to generate a more detailed understanding of the areas in the young person’s life that hold meaning and value from their perspective.

The idea is to weave these questions into a conversation. The form may then be shared with him/her and they are asked take it with them and write the information on the form.

This article 'A Review of Case Management for People Who Are Homeless: Implications for Practice, Policy and Research' was written by Gary Morse a United States based researcher.

This paper attends to the conceputal issues of case management, identifying primary functions and process variables for understanding and describing case management services.

Spark is a United Kingdom based organisation with a mission of 'igniting social enterprise to prevent homelessness'. Annually Spark calls for submissions from individuals and organisations with social enterprise projects that will support people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The organisation supports and provides mentors to assist in developing, financing and running the project. 

Spark recently announced the 2009 winners.