Martin, Chris

Social housing legal responses to crime and anti-social behaviour : impacts on vulnerable families - Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), June 2021. - 84 pages

Keywords: Social housing, tenants, residential tenancies law, termination, eviction, crime, anti-social behaviour, vulnerable families, women, domestic and family violence, children, Indigenous, alcohol and other drugs

Housing policy in Australia has enlarged the role of social landlords in relation to
crime and non-criminal anti-social behaviour (‘misconduct’). Recent
developments include ‘three strikes’ policies and legislative amendments
intended to facilitate termination proceedings and evictions.This research focused on social housing legal responses and termination
proceedings in relation to four types of vulnerable persons and families:

Martin, C., Habibis, D. Burns, L. and Pawson, H. (2019) Social housing legal responses to crime
and anti-social behaviour: impacts on vulnerable families, AHURI Final Report 314,
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne,
http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/314, doi: 10.18408/ahuri-7116301.

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