Briefing Paper Series

Call for Papers: QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Paper Series – Housing and Homelessness

 

 

 

 

 

Call for Special Edition 

QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Paper Series – Housing and Homelessness 

 QUT Centre for Justice will be releasing a Briefing Paper Series on Housing and Homelessness in August 2025 at the annual Lady Musgrave Trust Women and Homelessness Forum. This special edition aims to produce a series of papers providing clear, practical and accessible content for policy makers and social housing providers and those working in the support services sector. Papers for this collection are being sought from academics and practitioners working in the housing and homelessness sector.  

 QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Papers provide short, accessible accounts of issues related to justice (2000 word limit exclusive of references). Papers can be based on a previously published report, journal or book chapter or new research and approaches for homelessness. Previously, Briefing Papers have been published on a range of justice-related issues including social justice, criminal justice, transport justice, environmental and energy justice, gender-based violence, exploitative work, and consumer protection. Visit QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Papers for a full library of published papers.  

 Papers on all topics related to housing and homelessness which focus on the social, economic and governance issues of the topic are welcome.  Papers exploring new ideas and approaches to the housing crisis are encouraged.  Possible topics include, but are not limited to: 

  •  The intersection of gender and homelessness:  addressing injustice faced by women in crises. 
  • The hidden crises: exploring the impact of homelessness and domestic and family violence on children. 
  • The cycle of violence: understanding the links between domestic violence and women’s homelessness. 
  • Assessing early intervention- examining early results from the Safe Pathways Initiative. 
  • Barriers to investment: why early prevention strategies for women’s homelessness remain underfunded. 
  • Navigating the legal system for women facing homelessness:  Practical tips and legal support services. 
  • Indigenous women and access to justice:  Examining the unique challenges Indigenous women face in accessing legal services and housing support, including barriers to justice and culturally appropriate services.  
  • The social and economic benefits of funding high quality support alongside housing (for example Queensland Health, Child Safety and Youth Justice pooling resources and collaborating with the Department of Housing) 
  • Australian government incentives aimed at increasing social housing:  Critique on the effectiveness, opportunities and pitfalls of:  
    • Housing Australia Future Fund: A $10 billion fund to build 30,000 social and affordable rental homes 
    • Social Housing Accelerator: A $2 billion initiative to deliver around 4,000 new social homes across Australia 
    • National Housing Infrastructure Facility: $1 billion directed towards crisis and transitional accommodation for women and children fleeing domestic violence, and youth 
    • Commonwealth Rent Assistance: Increased by 15% to alleviate rental stress 
    • New Homes Bonus: A $3 billion incentive for states and territories to build more homes 
  • Queensland government incentives aimed at increasing social housing, with a particular focus on the new government, including: 
    • Queensland’s Big Build 
    • Housing Investment Fund and Quick Starts to stimulate supply 
    • The strategy of using motel accommodation as crises accommodation – learnings and analysis of the effectiveness of this (an additional $193 million is going towards Immediate Housing Responses). 
  • Social Housing Asset management: review of practices to assess effectiveness  

 

Timeline 

  • Call for papers released in October/November 2024 
  • Papers due for submission end February 2025 
  • Series published and launched by August 2024 at the Lady Musgrave annual forum 

 

To submit a paper 

Read more about the submission process here.  Finalised papers should be submitted to qutc4j@qut.edu.au 

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