Individualised Housing Assistance: Findings and Policy Options
AHURI Final Report No. 269, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, doi:10.18408/ahuri-4105001
46 Pages Posted: 29 Sep 2017
Date Written: August 20, 2016
Abstract
This Inquiry found that, due to shortages of affordable accommodation, it is difficult for low-income households to exercise choice in the private rental market, and that competition and consumer choice in housing assistance depends on an increase in affordable housing supply.
Keywords: government policy, housing assistance, welfare reform
JEL Classification: H53,H75,I38,
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Jacobs, Keith and Hulse, Kath and Stone, Wendy and Wiesel, Ilan, Individualised Housing Assistance: Findings and Policy Options (August 20, 2016). AHURI Final Report No. 269, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, doi:10.18408/ahuri-4105001, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3042386
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