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Lived Experience of Housing and Homelessness
The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) recently worked with the South Australian Housing Authority to spend time with 93 people with lived experience of housing challenges and homelessness. Their insights about housing and homelessness were collated and shared to inform the South Australian Housing Authority’s Housing,...
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Ageing In What Place? Stage One: Case Studies
T. Westmore and S. Mallet
These case studies form part of the final report on Stage One of Hanover Welfare Service's research into the experience of housing crisis and homelessness for older Victorians. It was funded through a generous grant from the William Buckland Foundation. This document presents the case studies of fourteen older people interviewed as part...
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The Relationship Between Problem Gambling and Homelessness: Becoming and Being Homeless
Louise Holdsworth
Nerilee Hing
Homelessness and problem gambling are serious social issues in Australia and elsewhere. While a growing body of research has separately explored these issues there has been little research examining the relationship between homelessness and gambling, even though anecdotally service providers have noted a strong association between these...
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The lived experiences of housing among Indigenous people with disability
Elizabeth Grant; George Zillante; Amit Srivastava; Selina Tually; Alwin Chong
This study investigated the interconnections between housing, community infrastructure and quality of life for Indigenous people living with disability. It incorporated three case studies from Yalata and Point Pearce in South Australia and Greater Geelong in Victoria that revealed poor health and disability are major issues facing the...
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