Housing, social wellbeing and climate change resilience in Australia

Adopting causally focused statistical approaches and linking individual-level longitudinal data, area-level administrative data, policy rollout data, and climate and weather data, this project will 1) generate new evidence that is rigorous, causally focused, and generalisable; 2) lead to better understanding of ways to improve housing suitability of vulnerable groups; and 3) inform the development of climate adaptation strategies in the domain of housing across Australia.

The project will be guided by the following research themes:

• Research theme #1: To understand how rental regulations and reforms impact housing and social wellbeing of households in the private rental sector.
• Research theme #2: To understand how energy efficiency initiatives impact housing and social wellbeing of households in private rental and household with low incomes.
• Research theme #3: To understand housing circumstances following natural disasters and their impact on social wellbeing and recovery in Australia.

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