Social housing exit points, outcomes and future pathways: an administrative data analysis

Abstract

The research provides new national evidence on social housing pathways using longitudinal and linked national data. · The ‘success’ of a social housing pathway should be judged on relative, rather than definitive terms. · Most Australian social housing pathways are stable or involve entry into social housing with subsequent stability. · Some pathways are considered transitory, involving multiple moves and changes between tenures. · Transitory pathways are associated with more time in receipt of income support and more residential instability. Correspondingly, people with stable social housing pathways spent less time in receipt of income assistance (and were more residentially stable).