This study examines both the benefits that accrue to the individual from improved outcomes, and the benefits that accrue to government when a period of homelessness support results in reduced use of non-homelessness services (e.g. health, justice and welfare services) and therefore budgetary savings. The findings are presented in this current report and in the AHURI Baseline Report (Zaretzky et al. 2013), which reports on the findings of the Baseline Survey as the first wave of the Client Survey.

Examines the issue of invsible underemployment in Australia, with particular reference to the experience of immigrants.

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In a paper from the Australian Social Policy Conference 2005, Adam and Flatau from Murdoch University examine the relationship between the level of job security experienced by Australian workers and changes in the level of mental health and well-being over time. They find strong evidence that job security and mental health and well-being are positively related.

Homelessness occurs when an individual does not have access to safe, adequate or secure shelter. Homelessness can lead to much higher use of mainstream public support services, such as health and justice services, than is evident in the general population (Flatau et al. 2008; Zaretzky et al. 2008). At the same time, services supporting homeless people may assist them to achieve positive change in their life and so reduce the use of these services and their reliance on welfare services. Increased housing stability can also result in decreased costs for providers of public housing through a decrease in the number of evictions. Given the costs of homelessness, the provision of homelessness services may result in 'whole-of-government' budgetary savings as a result of improved client outcomes. With the Australian Government's White Paper on Homelessness, The Road Home (2008) and the commencement of the National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA) and the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH), there has been increased emphasis on examining the outcomes of homelessness support programs and whether these programs are cost-effective.

This report presents evidence from the Australian Homelessness Funding and Delivery Survey of how services supporting those experiencing homelessness are funded, and how different forms of funding and the level of funding impacts on the delivery of homelessness assistance.

Home owners' estimates of the current market value of their housing have been used extensively in applied economic research (e.g. the measurement of imputed net rental income and the distribution of wealth). While the accuracy of owner-estimates is an issue of some importance for applied research, there are few studies which examine bias in owner-estimates. In this paper, we adopt a simple yet novel approach to measurement error. This relies solely on respondent provided information and is based on the hedonic price method.