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Title

Sole parents, social wellbeing and housing assistance: final report

Author(s)

Burke, Terry;  Hulse, Kath

Abstract

Sole parents are arguably the most disadvantaged group in Australian society. Various studies have found that they are more likely than other types of households to be living in poverty, particularly after paying for their housing, and to be dependent on Commonwealth income support. Sole parent families are predominantly headed by women, raising significant issues of gender in terms of government policy responses. There are currently two main forms of government housing assistance for sole parents on low incomes: Commonwealth Rent Assistance (RA) paid to sole parents in receipt of income support and renting privately, and public housing funded by the Commonwealth and states/territories through the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Institute for Social Research

Source

AHURI Final Report, No. 15 (May 2002)

Publication year

2002

Publisher

Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

ISSN

1877005495

Publisher URL

http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p50012

Research Projects

Lone parents, social well being and housing assistance, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) grant number 50012

Peer reviewed