Livable Housing Design: The voluntary provision of inclusive housing in Australia

Inclusive Housing in Australia – A Voluntary Response

The lack of inclusive housing in Australia contributes to the marginalization and exclusion of people with disability and older people from family and community life. The Australian government has handed over the responsibility of increasing the supply of inclusive housing to the housing industry through an agreed national access standard and a voluntary strategy. Voluntary strategies have not ...

Lessons of Defence Housing Australia for affordable housing provision

Livable Housing Design – Is It Likely to Work?

The lack for accessible housing in Australia has contributed to the marginalisation and exclusion of people with disability, older people and their families (Saugeres, 2010). It has also resulted in significant cost to the community, through an over-reliance on support services and specialist accommodation, and responses to avoidable home-based injuries (Ozanne-Smith, Guy, Kelly & Clapperton, 2...

Structures of private rental housing provision in Australia and their consequences for housing policy

Housing policy in Australia, at both the national and State level, is heavily reliant on the private rental sector to provide housing for low-income consumers. At the same time, there is evidence of significant market failure in the rental sector concerning access to and the supply of lower cost housing. Under a structures of housing provision framework, the institutional and structural process...

Housing need and provision for recently arrived refugees in Australia

• There are different housing pathways for Permanent Protection Visa (PPV) and Temporary Protection Visa (TPV) holders. PPV holders are typically sponsored into and remain in the private rental market, typically moving three times within the f irst year. TPV holders are slightly more mobile, moving four times within 12 months of release from detention. They typically spend their first night pos...