Research and projects completed in 2008
The Consequences of the Creative Class for Australian Cities
This work is looking at the impact on affordable housing and communities from the increasing pursuit of creative city strategies and will be pursued through case studies in Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney. Completion date: April 2007. Contact Rowland Atkinson: rowland.atkinson@utas.edu.au
Housing affordability for lower income Australians
(AHURI Collaborative Research Venture Project). In partnership with the Universities of Sydney, Swinburne, Western Sydney and RMIT. Contact Michelle Gabriel: michelle.gabriel@utas.edu.au
The impacts of social diversity in neighbourhoods
A systematic review of the literature (in collaboration with the University of Glasgow (Department of Urban Studies) and University of Amsterdam (Department of Geography)). Contact: Rowland Atkinson: Rowland.Atkinson@utas.edu.au. A discussion paper from this research can be downloaded here .
Research and projects completed 2003 - 2007
The rise of the female investor: young women and housing investment
The rise in young women investing in the Australian property market represents a marked shift in the attitudes and experiences of women compared with previous generations. In view of this trend, Dr Michelle Gabriel is undertaking a study of how housing investment is factored into young women's plans for their financial future. Contact Michelle at Michelle.Gabriel@utas.edu.au or on (03) 6226 2361
Michelle is keen to talk to young women (aged less than 36 years) who have bought a home or invested in the Melbourne property market outside the traditional route of marriage. If you are willing to be involved and/or would like further information about the project you can contact . You can also view an information sheet, a questionnaire and a consent form below:
• Questionnaire
• Consent form
• Information sheet for participants
Missed Opportunities? An appraisal of Hobart's CBD - The Hobart Urban Profile: Report No. 2
This new report about the potential residential and other uses for Hobart's CBD can be read here. This is Report no. 2 in the Hobart Urban Profile series; Report no. 1 on a housing and urban history of Hobart city-region will be available in early January 2008.
Demanding Behaviour: Developing strategies for the effective management of problematic households (AHURI)
Using literature reviews and case study research across Australia, this work aims to provide best practice guidance to frontline and managerial public housing staff in an attempt to help sustain many of the problems generated from housing tenants with histories of mental illness. The is designed to feed into wider concerns about such demanding behaviour while addressing the costs to tenants and communities generated by pursuing eviction. Funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. Contact Rowland Atkinson: rowland.atkinson@utas.edu.au
21st Century housing careers
AHURI collaborative research venture project in partnership with Flinders and Monash Universities . Contact Michelle Gabriel: michelle.gabriel@utas.edu.au
National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF)
Project on developing effective strategies for tackling drug and related problems on social housing estates (in partnership with Swinburne and Edith Cowan Universities). Contact: Keith Jacobs: Keith.Jacobs@utas.edu.au.
Housing management tenant incentive schemes (AHURI funded)
An AHURI project to review. In partnership with Flinders University and University of Queensland . Contact Keith Jacobs: 06-Nov-2009as.edu.au.
The challenges faced by low-income households seeking access to the private rental market (Housing Tasmania)
The housing problems experienced by Indigenous youth and elderly Aboriginal People in Tasmania (in partnership with University of Tasmania's Centre for Aboriginal Education - Riawunna) (Aboriginal Housing Services)
Housing management responses to tackling anti-social behaviour on public housing estates (in partnership with South Australia University). Positioning Paper and Final Report available at http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ (AHURI)
A review of social exclusion literature and asses its relevance for housing (in partnership with University of South Australia University). Final Report available at http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ (AHURI)
Options available for State Governments to support boarding house providers (in partnership with Queensland University of Technology and the University of Sydney). Positioning paper and Final Report available at: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ (AHURI)
Housing stock transfers in Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria (with colleagues working at University of Western Sydney and University of Queensland (University of Tasmania)
Review of supported tenancies program for young people (Housing Tasmania)
Homelessness issues discussion paper (Department of Health and Human Services)
A critical review of intervention studies and evidence-based policy (with University of Flinders and Adelaide Universities) Final Report available at http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ (AHURI)
The development of good practice models in meeting the needs of homeless young people in rural areas (in partnership with Flinders, South Australia and Adelaide Universities). Final Report available at http://www.ahuri.edu.au (AHURI)
A review of the operation of private rental support programmes for low income households (in partnership with RMIT, Queensland University of Technology, Flinders University, ANU, University of Sydney and Curtin University). Final Report available at http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ (AHURI)
Exit strategies and their utility for housing regeneration programmes (in partnership with University of Western Sydney and University of South Australia). Final report at http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ (AHURI)
Evictions and Housing Management: Towards More Effective Strategies ( in partnership with Flinders University). Final report at: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ (AHURI)
Housing Affordability issues and their impact within the State (Housing Tasmania)
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