Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
      • Housing in Australia
      • Financial assistance with housing costs
      • Social housing
  • Body section
    • 1 Housing in Australia
      • Introduction
      • Importance of housing
      • Australia's housing: an overview
      • Access to housing
      • Housing assistance policy
      • Housing assistance programs
      • Location and characteristics of social housing dwelling stock
    • 2 Housing assistance priority groups
      • Indigenous Australians
      • Young Australians
      • Older Australians
      • People with disability
      • Homeless persons
      • Low-income households
      • First home buyers
    • 3 Social housing provision
      • Social housing allocation in Australia
      • Social housing occupancy
      • Financial management of social housing
      • Appropriateness of housing
    • 4 Financial assistance
      • Affordability and housing stress
      • Government programs
    • 5 Assistance through services
      • Service use reported by social housing tenants
      • Housing-focused services
      • Role of homelessness services in maintaining housing
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A: Additional tables
        • A.1 Housing in Australia
        • A.2 Housing assistance recipients
        • A.3 Social housing provision
        • A.4 Financial assistance
      • Appendix B: Data issues
      • Appendix C: Data quality statements
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Related publications