Citizenship and Government - Projects

Costs and Pathways of Homelessness Research Project

Scott Ewing and Sarah Pinkney

There is some evidence in Australia of a renewed interest in what cost analyses might have to offer the homelessness sector. The National Homelessness Strategy made the first step when it commissioned AHURI researchers to undertake a review of cost analyses relevant to the field.

This research, commissioned by the Department of Family and Community Services, aims to help build foundations for the systematic development of costing analyses for the homelessness sector. These foundations are to be built on contemporary understanding of homelessness as a dynamic phenomenon, and guided by the ultimate policy goal of fostering substantial outcomes for clients.

Publications

Working paper: Costing in Context: Strategic choices in economic analyses of homelessness responses in the USA, Canada and the UK (PDF file) – Sarah Pinkney and Scott Ewing, March 2006

Project report: The Costs and Pathways of Homelessness: Developing Policy-Relevant Economic Analyses for the Australian Homelessness Service System (PDF file) – Sarah Pinkney and Scott Ewing, March 2006