Focus on managing social housing waiting lists is failing low-income households
- Written by Abigail Powell, Associate Professor at the Centre for Social Impact, UNSW
A need to manage waiting lists, rather than ensuring positive outcomes for tenant households, strongly influences social housing policy, newly published research finds. This situation is not only a result of operational policies, but also a shortage of social housing stock that is suitable for tenants and a lack of viable alternatives –...
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