What are the impacts of living in social housing? New evidence from Australia

Prentice, David; Scutella, Rosanna

doi:10.1080/02673037.2019.1621995

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“…They often find other children to play with within the community, so the parents do not have to drive them to a friend's house. Children living in cohousing tend to be better at making more friends as they associate with non-family members of various age groups, including adults daily, way more than average children (Prentice & Scutella, 2019). These children will also have more independence as their parents will know all their neighbours well, which calls for minimum supervision while playing outside in the community.…”

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Enhancing Oneness through a Co-Housing Community

Thankamoniyan

Jagadisan

2021

SACI

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Many of us live in conventional housing facilities, and recent changes in the demographic shift and economic changes create a more significant impact and reshape the spaces we live, work, etc. Modern life makes it challenging to find an answer for the housing crisis and social change, and this, when paired with a safety and security crisis, we can see the decline in meaningful social connections, isolation, leading to sparse human interactions and a lack of vibrant community life. These issues, in turn, threaten not just the quality of life but also human well-being. In response, architecture must create an inclusive urban fabric that meets all groups of people’s social, physical and economic needs. One way to deal with these issues is by revisiting previous models of inhabitation, analysing and modifying them in order to achieve a sustainable living model. This study aims to understand and compare the existing models of co-housing communities across the globe and provide insights into how the concept of co-housing is evolving and how it is likely to impact India. A survey has been conducted with 150 people of diverse age groups to understand the needs and trends of people and further by developing a framework for co-housing communities in an urban setting, where it has the potential to offer a different scale of social organisation and to provide a supportive housing environment emphasising more on sustainable lifestyle practices. Architecture must enhance a person’s lifestyle, and co-housing can catalyse the same. Submitted: 29 November 2020; Revised: 18 December 2020; Accepted: 14 April 2021

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Enhancing Oneness through a Co-Housing Community

Thankamoniyan

Jagadisan

2021

SACI

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“…Based on the robust Journeys Home data in Australia, Prentice and Scutella (2019) find that social housing has a statistically significant positive impact on reducing the likelihood of becoming homeless compared to similarly vulnerable households not in social housing due to subsidised rents, longer leases and tenancy supports. Rent supplements for those in the private rented sector are important, but in terms of protecting households, the outcomes are more modest in comparison with those residing in social housing, without providing similar levels of affordability and security of tenure.…”

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Reimagining Homelessness

O’Sullivan¹

2020

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“…'What are the impacts of living in social housing?' (Prentice and Scutella 2018) Uses an econometrics of program evaluation approach to assess marginal outcomes from a social housing group as compared to a control group. Highlights the impact of unobserved factors on the study outcomes, as well as how the use of averages in analysis can obscure the extent of benefits to individuals within the cohort.…”

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“…The CBAs of housing programs by Witte (2017) and Johnson, Kuehnle et al (2014) provide detailed methodologies, but the results may not be generalizable, as required for assessing a nation-wide intervention. This is also the case for the economics of program evaluation approach of Prentice and Scutella (2018), which notes that the results are not widely applicable.…”

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Social housing as infrastructure: rationale, prioritisation and investment pathway

Lawson¹,

Denham²,

Dodson³

et al. 2019

AHURI Final Report

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Alexandra WestConstruction Building Union Super AHURI Final Report No. 315 iv AHURI AHURI is a national independent research network with an expert not-for-profit research management company, AHURI Limited, at its centre.AHURI's mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of all Australians.Using high quality, independent evidence and through active, managed engagement, AHURI works to inform the policies and practices of governments and the housing and urban development industries, and stimulate debate in the broader Australian community.AHURI undertakes evidence-based policy development on a range of priority policy topics that are of interest to our audience groups, including housing and labour markets, urban growth and renewal, planning and infrastructure development, housing supply and affordability, homelessness, economic productivity, and social cohesion and wellbeing. AcknowledgementsThis material was produced with funding from the Australian Government and state and territory governments. AHURI Limited gratefully acknowledges the financial and other support it has received from these governments, without which this work would not have been possible.AHURI Limited also gratefully acknowledges the contributions, both financial and in-kind, of its university research partners who have helped make the completion of this material possible.The Research Team would like to acknowledge and thank all the members of the Inquiry Panel, as well as more than 50 international and national interviewees that gave their time and expertise for the Inquiry. Special thanks are due to the CFO team at NSWFHA, the CH investment appraisal team at CEFC, policy team at Housing Europe and the director of ARA (Finland) for sharing their valuable experience and providing detailed information. DisclaimerThe opinions in this report reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of AHURI Limited, its Board, its funding organisations or Inquiry panel members. No responsibility is accepted by AHURI Limited, its Board or funders for the accuracy or omission of any statement, opinion, advice or information in this publication. AHURI journalAHURI Final Report journal series is a refereed series presenting the results of original research to a diverse readership of policy-makers, researchers and practitioners. Peer review statementAn objective assessment of reports published in the AHURI journal series by carefully selected experts in the field ensures that material published is of the highest quality. The AHURI journal series employs a double-blind peer review of the full report, where anonymity is strictly observed between authors and referees.

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What are the impacts of living in social housing? New evidence from Australia

Cited by 12 publications

References 24 publications

Enhancing Oneness through a Co-Housing Community

Enhancing Oneness through a Co-Housing Community

Reimagining Homelessness

Social housing as infrastructure: rationale, prioritisation and investment pathway

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