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Factsheets

'NSW housing'. Download (pdf - 200 kb).
'Housing Australia'. Download (pdf - 90 kb).

Presentations

Presentations given at seminars organized by Shelter are online here. more…

Newsletter

Our quarterly newsletter, Around the House, is only available offline. You have to subscribe to get it (unless you are a member in which case you get it free as a member benefit). Download the subscription form to subscribe to Around the House.

Reports and submissions

Most of our published reports and major submissions are free and online. Their file format is indicated in brackets, e.g. pdf means portable document format. If you do not have reader software, you can download Foxit Reader (free) from the Foxit website. You can convert pdf documents to text or HTML format at the Adobe website. Shelter publications are also sold: download the order form (pdf - 70 kb).

2008

Submission on the Commonwealth Government's green paper on homelessness (July). Download (pdf - 44 kb).

Submission on the review of state taxation (July). Download (pdf - 50 kb).

2007

Submission on the residential tenancy law reform: a new direction – proposed changes to NSW tenancy laws (December). Download (pdf - 40 kb).

Craig Johnston, 'After the 2003-08 Commonwealth–State Housing Agreement: a background to some debates in national housing policy', Shelter Brief 34 (October; updated November). Download (pdf - 270 kb).

Robert Mowbray and Nicholas Warren, 'Shared-equity home-ownership: welfare and consumer protection issues', Shelter Brief 33 (July). Download (pdf - 230 kb).

Comments on the draft document, 'Planning for the future: community housing – five year strategy for growth and sustainability 2007-2012' (June). Download (pdf - 50 kb).

Sean Armstrong, 'Local government housing and community housing associations', Shelter Brief 32 (February). Download (pdf - 265 kb).

2006

Craig Johnston, 'Housing directions 2007: an options paper', Shelter Brief 31 (December). Download (pdf - 290 kb).

Chris Elenor, 'Provisions for adaptable housing by local government in New South Wales', Shelter Brief 30 (October). Download (pdf - 150 kb).

Craig Johnston, 'State government revenues: a guide for housing activists', Shelter Brief 29 (June). Download (pdf - 310 kb).

Robert Mowbray, 'Private rental: can it deliver affordable housing to low-income tenants?', Shelter Brief 28 (June). Download (pdf - 190 kb).

Submission to a review of State Environmental Planning Policy (Seniors Living) 2004, with the NSW Council of Social Service (May). Download (pdf - 145 kb).

Craig Johnston, 'Regeneration partnerships and communities', Shelter Brief 27 (February). Download (pdf - 270 kb).

Submission to an inquiry into the allocation of social housing (February). Download (pdf - 184 kb).

Submission on a draft housing and human services accord (January). Download (pdf - 65 kb).

2005

Commentary on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Social Housing) Bill 2005, with the Tenants Union of NSW (October). Download (pdf - 40 kb).

Submission on residential tenancy law reform options paper (August). Download (pdf - 43 kb).

Hazel Blunden, 'Public housing and nonhousing outcomes', Shelter Brief 25 (March). Download (pdf - 165 kb).

2004

Melanie Hughes, 'Community economic development and public housing estates', Shelter Brief 24 (December). Download (pdf - 465 kb).

'Housing Sydneysiders': submission to the NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources on the Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (November). Download (pdf - 458 kb).

Craig Johnston, 'Levying developers for affordable housing', Shelter Brief 23 (November; updated February 2008). Download (pdf - 210 kb).

Submission to the review of the Residential Parks Act 1998 (August). Download (pdf - 237 kb).

Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Student Income Support (June). Download (pdf - 176 kb).

Submission on the draft Property, Stock and Business Agents Amendment (Tenant Databases) Regulation 2004 (February). Download (pdf - 134 kb).

Submission to the Section 94 Contributions and Development Levies Task Force (January). Download (pdf - 139 kb).

Submission to the Inquiry into Tenancy Databases (January). Download (pdf - 323 kb).

2003

'Consulting residents about regeneration of public housing estates: suggestions for better practice' (November). Download (pdf - 136 kb).

Craig Johnston, 'Land supply and housing affordability in Sydney' (September). Download (pdf - 992 kb).

Craig Johnston, 'Tenancies, communities, and the (re)development of public housing estates' (June). Download (pdf - 318 kb).

Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into Poverty and Hardship (March). Download (pdf - 275 kb).

Tenant participation compact: comments (April). Download (pdf - 50 kb).

'Housing directions' policy statement (March). Download (pdf - 58 kb).

2002

Harvey Volke, 'Housing tomorrow': report on community consultations on the next Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement (August). Download (pdf - 425 kb).

Submission to the Inquiry into Mental Health, NSW Parliament (April). Download (pdf - 50 kb).

Submission to the Inquiry into Community Housing in NSW, NSW Parliament (March). Download (pdf - 117 kb).

Craig Johnston, 'Housing policy and social mix' (January). Download (pdf - 117 kb).

Craig Johnston, 'Rent assistance to private and community sector tenants' (January). Download (pdf - 265 kb).

2001

Craig Johnston, 'Financing affordable housing: a third way for housing assistance' (December). Download (pdf - 80 kb).

Hazel Blunden and Will Roden, 'Housing us': community consultations on the future of the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement in NSW (December). Download (zip - 2,721 kb).

R Moss, 'The experiences of applicants in the nominations process' (June). Download (pdf - 38 kb).

Michael Darcy and Jill Stringfellow, 'Tenant's choice or Hobson's choice: A study of the transfer of tenanted dwellings from public housing to community housing in NSW' (February). Download (pdf - 242 kb).

2000

Colin Robinson, 'Not cheap, reasonable - the development of not-for-profit boarding houses' (November). Download (pdf - 85 kb).

Annual reports

Annual report 2006-07. Download (pdf - 850 kb).

Annual report 2005-06. Download (pdf - 6,200 kb).

Annual report 2004-05. Download (pdf - 200 kb).

Annual report 2003-04. Download (pdf - 670 kb).

Annual report 2002-03. Download (pdf - 725 kb).

Media releases

Media releases have been archived online since December 1998. more…

 

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Updated 04-Jul-2008