Read Professor Hal Pawson’s chapter for the AIHW biennial report on Australia’s Welfare.
COVID-19 effects on housing and homelessness: The story to mid-2021 – Hal Pawson.
“This analytical article highlights a number of direct and indirect effects COVID-19 has had on Australia’s housing system and individuals’ housing security.
For the most part, the article’s focus is 2020 and early 2021. However, to benchmark statistics for the pandemic period, the article also presents some longer-term trend analysis dating back to the 2010s and earlier.
The article reviews the initial predictions (i.e. in early 2020) regarding the pandemic’s impact on the housing system, summarises the key policy initiatives enacted by Australian governments, examines the 2020 crisis impact (including emergency actions taken by state governments to protect street homeless populations) and analyses housing market developments seen during 2020.
It is written by Hal Pawson, City Futures Research Centre, University of NSW.”
The full AIHW report can be found here.
Professor Hal Pawson’s chapter can also be found here.
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