Themes
Language, kinship and heritage
Language revitalisation and education
Conference Papers
Session HO2: Issues for practitioners. Does mainstream housing address Indigenous needs?
1. Geoff Scott: A critique of current government housing policy
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Abstract
Author bio:
Mr Geoff Scott is CEO of NSW Aboriginal Land Council
2. Tom Slockee: 'Does mainstream housing address Indigenous needs
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Author bio:
Rev Tom Slockee is Chair of NSW Aboriginal Housing Office.
3. H.Gronda: What evidence base do we have on urban housing?
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Abstract
Recent assessments find a significant gap in the evidence on urban housing for Indigenous Australians. Nonetheless, there is a significant body of Indigenous housing research both nationally and internationally. This paper maps the existing evidence base – its strengths and weaknesses – and presents some key findings relevant to urban housing on:
- Indigenous housing need and urban homelessness
- Experience of different housing tenures
- Social housing provision - different methods of delivery and management
- Differences between urban and remote area housing
- Links between housing and health, employment, education and well-being
Author bio:
Dr Hellene Gronda directs AHURI’s Research Synthesis Service which provides timely, independent synthesis of the existing evidence base in relation to particular policy or practice concerns. A number of recent projects have involved synthesis of the evidence on Indigenous housing and homelessness. Hellene has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and Science from Melbourne University, and a doctorate from Monash University. She has worked in the field of homelessness since 2002, including emergency housing delivery, coordinating research at an inner Melbourne homelessness agency and policy development for the state government. Hellene researched and wrote What makes case management work for people experiencing homelessness? Evidence for practice, (Melbourne, AHURI 2009), and co-authored On the Outside: Pathways in and out of homelessness with Guy Johnson and Sally Coutts (Melbourne, ASP 2008).