What Are the Health, Social and Economic Benefits of Providing Public Housing and Support to Formerly Homeless People?

The National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH) was introduced in 2009 as a joint Commonwealth/State and Territory initiative designed to address homelessness in Australia.

In Australia, homeless people and those at risk of homelessness may receive crisis accommodation and other forms of support and may be assisted to get on to public housing waiting lists, but they are generally not supported to access guaranteed public housing allocations or assisted in various ways to sustain those tenancies over time.

This research project, completed by the Centre for Social Impact at The University of Western Australia (CSI UWA) for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) examines five NPAH programs in Western Australia which support homeless people and those at risk of homelessness access and then sustain public housing allocations.

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Report: What are the health, social and economic benefits of providing public housing and support to formerly homeless people?
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Infographic: Providing Housing And Support To People Who Are Homeless - Health and Economic Benefits
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Infographic: Providing Housing And Support To People Who Are Homeless - Mental Health Implications
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Infographic: Aboriginal Health Key Findings
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