Fixing our social housing crisis

<p>Australia has seriously neglected social housing, a crisis everyone is now paying the price for. Social housing was once seen as an essential part of the welfare state. It has now become a last resort or, often, an impossible dream.</p><br><p>In this episode, we speak with Professor Alan Morris about what we can do to fix the social housing crisis, as well as the decline in homeownership across Australia. </p><br><p>Having stable housing brings a significant cost benefits, ranging from improvements in mental health and reduced hospitalisation time to enhanced growth and development in young children. Professor Morris argues it is a human right, one we have been neglecting. </p><br><p>This is the second podcast in our housing miniseries, following the first episode with Dr Nicholas Frank. Stay tuned for next week!</p><br><p><strong>----</strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>Professor Alan Morris </strong>is an urban and housing studies scholar.&nbsp;He is a professor at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at the University of Technology Sydney, and is the author of many books, including The Private Rental Sector in Australia: Living with Uncertainty co-authored with Hal Pawson and Kath Hulse and published in 2021. He currently has Australian Research Council funded projects on eviction and on social housing waiting lists.</p><br><p><strong>Sharon Bessell</strong> is a Professor of Public Policy and Director of both the Children’s Policy Centre and the Poverty and Inequality Research Centre at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. </p><br><p><strong>Arnagretta Hunter</strong> is the Human Futures Fellow at ANU College of Health and Medicine, a cardiologist, physician, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at ANU Medical School.</p><br><p><em>You can find full show notes on the </em><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/crawford-school-of-public-policy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Crawford School of Public Policy LinkedIn account</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em>&nbsp;</em></