Introduction to the Policy Forum on Australian Homelessness

Abstract:

On 18 and 19 July 2016, the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research hosted an international Workshop on Homelessness and Housing Insecurity; on 20 July, the Melbourne Institute and RMIT University organised a Forum on Homelessness Policy and Practice in the United States. The Workshop was intended to integrate international research on homelessness with new Australian research that was being developed through the Journeys Home: Longitudinal Study of Factors Affecting Housing Stability (JH) survey, while the Forum was intended to translate the research for a policy and practitioner audience and to draw policy conclusions. Several prominent American and Australian homelessness researchers participated in the two events. This Policy Forum brings together five articles that draw from their presentations and research; each article addresses homelessness in Australia.