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released: 7 Dec 2010 author: AIHW media release

This bulletin presents information about the young population assisted by social housing and crisis accommodation. It describes the households in which children and young people reside in social housing and discusses the pattern of assistance through social housing both as dependants and as primary tenants.

ISSN 1446-9820; ISBN 978-1-74249-088-5; Cat. no. AUS 134; 12pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Publication table of contents 

  • Executive summary  
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • How many young people and children are in social housing?
  • Services to the homeless and those at risk
  • Do households with a young main tenant, households with young people and children and all households differ?
  • Long term assistance for young people and children
  • Repeat periods of assistance
  • Inter generational assistance in public rental housing and SOMIH
  • Discussion
  • References

Recommended citation

AIHW 2010. Young people and children in social housing. AIHW bulletin no. 85. Cat. no. AUS 134. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442472429>.