Housing, public policy and social inclusion
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Date
2010-09
Authors
Hulse, Kath
Jacobs, Keith
Arthurson, Kathy
Spinney, Angela
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Publisher
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
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Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Abstract
Social inclusion is a term sometimes deployed by policy makers to signal an intent to address long-standing inequalities within society. The aim of policies framed by social inclusion is to assist people who are marginalised to secure better outcomes in areas such as health, housing, education and employment. It is widely recognised that policies to enhance social inclusion require a whole of government approach across a range of service delivery areas alongside fiscal policies and resources to ensure that programs are adequately funded.
The current focus of Australia housing policy in relation to social inclusion is across three areas: homelessness, place-based disadvantage and the disadvantages experienced by Indigenous households. This Positioning Paper provides a review of the literature on social inclusion and housing as the foundation for an empirical research project that seeks to understand the best forms of policy intervention to secure optimum outcomes for individuals and households who experience housing disadvantage. The aim of the paper is to make explicit the ways that housing processes ‘perform’ in accentuating or ameliorating social disadvantage.
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“Copyright 2010 AHURI Limited. Published version of the paper reproduced here with permission from the publisher.” This is the publisher's copryight version of this article, the original can be found at: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/position-papers/135
Keywords
Housing, Social inclusion, Public housing
Citation
Hulse, K., Jacobs, K., Arthurson, K. and Spinney, A., 2010. Housing, public policy and social inclusion, Positioning Paper, April, AHURI, Melbourne.