Getting off the waiting list: Changing access to housing assistance

This project is part of the ‘Inquiry into supporting pathways in a social housing system’, led by Chris Martin (UNSW).

Project dates: 2022–2023

This project investigates prospects for improving on social housing applications and the waiting list as the primary mediators of access to housing assistance. It will analyse waiting list dynamics, and applicant and agency perspectives on the experience of waiting and alternative forms of assistance. It will consider the implications of rights-based approaches to housing assistance entitlements.

Inquiry into supporting pathways in a social housing system

Key people

Dr Fatemeh Aminpour – Lead researcher, UNSW
Iris Levin – Deputy Associate Director, Geographies of Land, Home and Place
Dr Andrew Clarke – UNSW
Mr Chris Hartley – UNSW
Ms Emma Barnes – UNSW
Prof Hal Pawson – UNSW

Geographies of Land, Home and Place

Geographies of Land, Home and Place brings together our expertise in understanding the places and land systems on which we live, how we are housed and the social geographies of inclusion and belonging.

Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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Getting off the waiting list: Changing access to housing assistance