{"id":6676,"date":"2025-09-02T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T23:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T01:54:43","slug":"research-and-impact-homelessness-and-the-olympic-legacy-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/2025\/09\/02\/research-and-impact-homelessness-and-the-olympic-legacy-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and Impact:  Homelessness and the Olympic Legacy:  The good, the bad and the ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-6677\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2025\/09\/Briefing-Papers-header-1024x272.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2025\/09\/Briefing-Papers-header-1024x272.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2025\/09\/Briefing-Papers-header-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2025\/09\/Briefing-Papers-header-768x204.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2025\/09\/Briefing-Papers-header-1536x407.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2025\/09\/Briefing-Papers-header.png 1636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6297\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2024\/10\/Lyndall-Bryant.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2024\/10\/Lyndall-Bryant.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2024\/10\/Lyndall-Bryant-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/crime-and-justice-research-centre\/files\/2024\/10\/Lyndall-Bryant-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brisbane can become a historic leader amongst Olympic host cities if it acts early to create a positive housing legacy for all, including the city\u2019s homeless population, according to QUT Centre for Justice member,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qut.edu.au\/about\/our-people\/academic-profiles\/lyndall.bryant\">Dr Lyndall Bryant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bryant is a leading Australian expert in property economics and the housing crisis, and leads the QUT Centre for Justice\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.qut.edu.au\/centre-for-justice\/research-groups\/housing-security-research-group\/\">Housing Security Research Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lyndall&#8217;s latest QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Paper, part of the recently released Housing and Homeless Series, titled,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/eprints.qut.edu.au\/258988\/7\/BP82_Bryant_HomlessnessOlympicLegacy.pdf\"><em>Homelessness and the Olympic Legacy: The good, the bad and the ugly<\/em><\/a>, analyses the chequered history of prior Olympic host cities\u2019 responses to homeless people and other vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qut.edu.au\/study\/justice-news?id=201210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/research.qut.edu.au\/centre-for-justice\/briefing-papers\/infrastructural-justice-briefing-papers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Paper Series on Housing and Homelessness here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since publication Lyndall has featured in a number of media sources discussing her paper:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/listen\/programs\/lifematters\/olympics-opportunity-to-act-on-the-housing-crisis\/105672974\">Is the Olympics an opportunity to act on the housing crisis? &#8211; ABC listen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.mediaportal.com\/isentia\/#\/playnow\/v2?id=R00124493962&amp;channel=Radio%20National&amp;location=Australia&amp;date=2025-08-20T09%3A46%3A37&amp;program=Life%20Matters&amp;item_id=1230832490&amp;prospect_id=3295797681&amp;is_video=false&amp;keywords=Centre%20for%20justice&amp;expiry=1787219197&amp;signature=ZxTrXdVQ58E3IBf2k28AGj4N1wsDXX6lyblcriUT0~JXLvEtcnzom5h065as84uHAndKPvmE2BaqybmIh~qE050jtHkFWreMP0x614q2Sh5jCLCvdEw-cD9i~XYHRJab-YqZ00YPSfhLSO1TZPpuBC43KQkenM8U-Y-Vu-4AzO3Q9bmHHB3RJtIz~eObeGWT5Vsvh932zsMPVgtT716Fytx1kh1RTFDqG0xV0-pfiKor8mpCz-xLiJf~lQL5qrHFSJkjCyyV60zB8N3usgw8qfHgmGOnZ4ZK2tfRLpwwvHIF6NrwKn63~7JwAqDoFXNDhPJVEBFe0tptiiJbrl~jNQ__\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life Matters on ABC Radio National<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cover Image &#8211; Andrew Merry, via Getty Images.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Brisbane can become a historic leader amongst Olympic host cities if it acts early to create a positive housing legacy for all, including the city\u2019s homeless population, according to QUT Centre for Justice member,\u00a0 Dr Lyndall Bryant. 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