Poverty and Australian housing

Mercy Foundation has highlighted the research report released on 24 October 2023, during anti-poverty week by AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute) which investigated the key links between housing and poverty. The research looks at policy settings, tax and transfer systems, housing assistance and place-based dimensions and individual capabilities.

The cost of housing is a barrier to exiting homelessness for people living in poverty, whilst the exorbitant cost of housing can push people currently in housing into deep poverty, making it difficult to address its causes.

Find out more and download the executive summary and full report here