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The recent release of the Department of Social Services report, ‘Social impact investing research’, is evidence of the growing interest in the use of social impact investment strategies by governments.

In Mental Health Week it is fitting to look at the effect appropriate housing has in reducing the mental health impacts on people who were homeless.

While rising house prices may be good for existing home owners, new ���������research finds it has implications for a government agenda to increase growth in Australia’s economic productivity.

���������is pleased to release the report from its Inquiry, ‘Individualised forms of welfare provision and reform of Australia’s housing assistance system’. It found that, due to shortages of affordable accommodation, it is difficult for low-income households to exercise choice in the private rental market.

Prof Kath Hulse is one of Australia's leading housing researchers, particularly in the area of private rental housing. She won the 2016 Professor Mike Berry Award for Excellence in Housing ��������� for her paper Renting in a home owning society: Disaster, deviance or diversity?