The Changing Geography of Homelessness: A Spatial Analysis From 2001 to 2016

AHURI Final Report No. 313, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, doi:10.18408/ahuri-5119601, 2019

133 Pages Posted: 14 Jun 2019

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Sharon Parkinson

Swinburne University

Deb Batterham

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Margaret Reynolds

Swinburne University of Technology

Gavin A. Wood

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing

Date Written: May 30, 2019

Abstract

This study examined the changing geography of homelessness. It outlines the extent to which homelessness has become more spatially concentrated over time; where it has risen and fallen; and the importance that housing affordability, poverty and labour market opportunities play in reshaping its distribution.

Keywords: homelessness, low-income-housing, australia, spatial analysis, spatial distribution, population geography, ahuri

JEL Classification: I31, I32, I38, R31

Suggested Citation

Parkinson, Sharon and Batterham, Deb and Reynolds, Margaret and Wood, Gavin A., The Changing Geography of Homelessness: A Spatial Analysis From 2001 to 2016 (May 30, 2019). AHURI Final Report No. 313, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, doi:10.18408/ahuri-5119601, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3398044

Sharon Parkinson (Contact Author)

Swinburne University ( email )

Cnr Wakefield and William Streets, Hawthorn Victor
3122 Victoria, Victoria 3122
Australia

Deb Batterham

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Margaret Reynolds

Swinburne University of Technology ( email )

Hawthorne
Australia

HOME PAGE: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/health-arts-design/staff/profile/index.php?id=mareynolds

Gavin A. Wood

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing ( email )

Level 12, 239 Bourke Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Australia

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