“…While counterurbanisation has been attributed as having a positive effect on reviving previously dying rural housing markets, a number of other studies have found cause for concern regarding the impact of this type of mobility and rural housing. For instance, in Australia and the United States the ability to access affordable social and private forms of housing in rural locations has been argued to produce a type of 'welfare-led' migration of low-income households to these areas (Fitchen, 1994(Fitchen, , 1995Nord et al, 1995;Cromartie and Nord, 1997;Hugo and Bell, 1998;Burnley et al, 2007;Costello, 2009;Monchuk et al, 2012). Such processes are argued to 'trap' lowincome households into poorly resourced locations, further isolating them from employment and other social services.…”