From the executive summary: The Tasmanian Aboriginal Safe from the Start Project was funded by th... more From the executive summary: The Tasmanian Aboriginal Safe from the Start Project was funded by the Tasmanian Early Years Foundation and builds on the work of the original Safe from the Start project, which was funded through the Commonwealth Office for Women – Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Initiative 2007/8. Safe from the Start is a Salvation Army Tasmania initiative born out of recommendations from the Salvation Army Tasmania research study 'States of mind' (Bell, 2006), which considered the specific needs of children, aged up to six, affected by family violence.
In 2012 Professor Terry Burke and I were commissioned to identify the training and professional d... more In 2012 Professor Terry Burke and I were commissioned to identify the training and professional development requirements of the homelessness sector. The Australian Government through the National Homelessness Research Agenda of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs funded the research.
This thesis uses a social constructionist epistemology against a comparative background in order ... more This thesis uses a social constructionist epistemology against a comparative background in order to examine and compare policy responses to homelessness attributed to domestic violence in England and Australia. This is done with an intention to fulfil three specific objectives: to explore and understand how these responses have developed as products of culture and attitudes towards welfare and state provision, to explore if, why, and how, differences in conceptions and discourses surrounding homelessness have developed in two nations with similar language, legal systems and rates of owner-occupation, and lastly to investigate and interpret the policy context, and actual provision for homeless people, in the light of these differences by making links between cultural/historical discourses and their impact on provision.The research involved detailed reading of research and policy documents, and media articles from the time of the emergence of the feminist refuge movement in the 1970&#...
“Copyright 2010 AHURI Limited. Published version of the paper reproduced here with permission fro... more “Copyright 2010 AHURI Limited. Published version of the paper reproduced here with permission from the publisher.” This is the publisher's copryight version of this article, the original can be found at: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/position-papers/135
This bulletin is based on research conducted by Dr Angela Spinney, Professor Sarah Blandy and Pro... more This bulletin is based on research conducted by Dr Angela Spinney, Professor Sarah Blandy and Professor Kath Hulse at the AHURI Swinburne-Monash Research Centre. The research examined International and Australian approaches to homelessness prevention for women and children who have experienced domestic and family violence. It considered the legal/judicial, housing and welfare dimensions of these approaches to see how they work. Preventing homelessness for women and children who have experienced domestic and family violence
This report is the final output of a study that considers the long-term future of public housing ... more This report is the final output of a study that considers the long-term future of public housing in Australia and the capacity of State Housing Authorities (SHAs) to address household need and community sustainability. It presents an analysis based on data collated from international and Australian literature on public housing policy and on the experiences and informed views of key actors working in Commonwealth Government, state administrations and not-for-profit welfare agencies. The research is guided by the following set of questions: What problems have arisen for the SHAs as a result of trying to manage housing stock in a period of tight budgetary constraints? How have the major drivers shaping public housing provision (social, economic and political) affected its future role? How might or should the SHAs prepare for the future policy environment to ensure that funds spent on public housing achieve sustainable policy outcomes? To what extent is public housing viable in the curr...
Overview This research project provided a national mapping and meta-evaluation of the key feature... more Overview This research project provided a national mapping and meta-evaluation of the key features of “safe at home” programs. “Safe at home” programs enhance safety and prevent homelessness for women and their children who have experienced domestic and family violence. The first stage, a state of knowledge paper, provided a comprehensive review of the literature and a national mapping of current “safe at home” programs by jurisdiction, including details of legislation underpinning “safe at home” programs in each jurisdiction. The second stage, the final research report, was a meta-evaluation of select evidence about Australian “safe at home” programs and practices. The meta-evaluation examined 20 evaluations of “safe at home” programs across Australia to identify the key features of effective programs and to provide recommendations for policy-makers, practitioners and researchers. The report found that “safe at home” programs had four common underlying themes, but each focused prim...
Gentrification raises concerns about segregation, social mix and sustainability issues for Austra... more Gentrification raises concerns about segregation, social mix and sustainability issues for Australian cities. This report examines the process and its impact. The report looks at three main questions: How much gentrification has actually taken place over the last decade and how much household displacement has occurred as a result of the loss of affordable housing in these newly pressured locations? What are the social and economic costs to communities and to low-income households in these neighbourhoods, either as they are displaced to other neighbourhoods in the housing system, or as they remain in place, but with higher housing costs as rents rise? What are some of the policy implications of gentrification to State housing and Federal government agencies as these are implicated in the forced migration of low income households as affordable housing and marginalisation of low income renters has occurred? Image: Mickie Quick / flickr
From the executive summary: The Tasmanian Aboriginal Safe from the Start Project was funded by th... more From the executive summary: The Tasmanian Aboriginal Safe from the Start Project was funded by the Tasmanian Early Years Foundation and builds on the work of the original Safe from the Start project, which was funded through the Commonwealth Office for Women – Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Initiative 2007/8. Safe from the Start is a Salvation Army Tasmania initiative born out of recommendations from the Salvation Army Tasmania research study 'States of mind' (Bell, 2006), which considered the specific needs of children, aged up to six, affected by family violence.
In 2012 Professor Terry Burke and I were commissioned to identify the training and professional d... more In 2012 Professor Terry Burke and I were commissioned to identify the training and professional development requirements of the homelessness sector. The Australian Government through the National Homelessness Research Agenda of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs funded the research.
This thesis uses a social constructionist epistemology against a comparative background in order ... more This thesis uses a social constructionist epistemology against a comparative background in order to examine and compare policy responses to homelessness attributed to domestic violence in England and Australia. This is done with an intention to fulfil three specific objectives: to explore and understand how these responses have developed as products of culture and attitudes towards welfare and state provision, to explore if, why, and how, differences in conceptions and discourses surrounding homelessness have developed in two nations with similar language, legal systems and rates of owner-occupation, and lastly to investigate and interpret the policy context, and actual provision for homeless people, in the light of these differences by making links between cultural/historical discourses and their impact on provision.The research involved detailed reading of research and policy documents, and media articles from the time of the emergence of the feminist refuge movement in the 1970&#...
“Copyright 2010 AHURI Limited. Published version of the paper reproduced here with permission fro... more “Copyright 2010 AHURI Limited. Published version of the paper reproduced here with permission from the publisher.” This is the publisher's copryight version of this article, the original can be found at: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/position-papers/135
This bulletin is based on research conducted by Dr Angela Spinney, Professor Sarah Blandy and Pro... more This bulletin is based on research conducted by Dr Angela Spinney, Professor Sarah Blandy and Professor Kath Hulse at the AHURI Swinburne-Monash Research Centre. The research examined International and Australian approaches to homelessness prevention for women and children who have experienced domestic and family violence. It considered the legal/judicial, housing and welfare dimensions of these approaches to see how they work. Preventing homelessness for women and children who have experienced domestic and family violence
This report is the final output of a study that considers the long-term future of public housing ... more This report is the final output of a study that considers the long-term future of public housing in Australia and the capacity of State Housing Authorities (SHAs) to address household need and community sustainability. It presents an analysis based on data collated from international and Australian literature on public housing policy and on the experiences and informed views of key actors working in Commonwealth Government, state administrations and not-for-profit welfare agencies. The research is guided by the following set of questions: What problems have arisen for the SHAs as a result of trying to manage housing stock in a period of tight budgetary constraints? How have the major drivers shaping public housing provision (social, economic and political) affected its future role? How might or should the SHAs prepare for the future policy environment to ensure that funds spent on public housing achieve sustainable policy outcomes? To what extent is public housing viable in the curr...
Overview This research project provided a national mapping and meta-evaluation of the key feature... more Overview This research project provided a national mapping and meta-evaluation of the key features of “safe at home” programs. “Safe at home” programs enhance safety and prevent homelessness for women and their children who have experienced domestic and family violence. The first stage, a state of knowledge paper, provided a comprehensive review of the literature and a national mapping of current “safe at home” programs by jurisdiction, including details of legislation underpinning “safe at home” programs in each jurisdiction. The second stage, the final research report, was a meta-evaluation of select evidence about Australian “safe at home” programs and practices. The meta-evaluation examined 20 evaluations of “safe at home” programs across Australia to identify the key features of effective programs and to provide recommendations for policy-makers, practitioners and researchers. The report found that “safe at home” programs had four common underlying themes, but each focused prim...
Gentrification raises concerns about segregation, social mix and sustainability issues for Austra... more Gentrification raises concerns about segregation, social mix and sustainability issues for Australian cities. This report examines the process and its impact. The report looks at three main questions: How much gentrification has actually taken place over the last decade and how much household displacement has occurred as a result of the loss of affordable housing in these newly pressured locations? What are the social and economic costs to communities and to low-income households in these neighbourhoods, either as they are displaced to other neighbourhoods in the housing system, or as they remain in place, but with higher housing costs as rents rise? What are some of the policy implications of gentrification to State housing and Federal government agencies as these are implicated in the forced migration of low income households as affordable housing and marginalisation of low income renters has occurred? Image: Mickie Quick / flickr
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