Please find a number of research reports and documents pertaining to this topic area below.  If you know of another report or document you think should be housed in our research library please contact the BGK LLEN.

Title: Housing and Children's Development and Wellbeing – a scoping study
Author: Alfred Michael Dockery et.al
Source: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Release Date: 2010
Description: The aim of this scoping study is to review the existing literature on the connections between housing and childhood development and wellbeing and to investigate the value and feasibility of conducting empirical research in the Australian context.
Report download: Housing and Children's Development and Wellbeing – a scoping study

Title: Decent not dodgy – secret shopper survey on the quality of Victoria's rental housing
Author: Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)
Release Date: 2010
Description: This report compiles the findings of a VCOSS survey of the standard of properties for rent in Melbourne and Geelong that found that more than one in ten properties was uninhabitable.
Report download: Decent not dodgy – secret shopper survey on the quality of Victoria's rental housing

Title: Demand for accommodation from government-funded specialist homelessness services 2008-2009
Author: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Release Date: 2010
Description: This report provides information about the level of unmet demand for Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) accommodation, including how the estimates are calculated.
Report download: Demand for accommodation from government-funded specialist homelessness services 2008-2009