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Statistics show that being homeless doesn’t increase your risk of being incarcerated. Srdjan Randjelovic/Shutterstock

April 3, 2019

Ex‑prisoners are more likely to become homeless but the reverse isn’t true

Guy Johnson, RMIT University and Julie Moschion, The University of Melbourne

The last decade has seen a big increase in Australia’s homeless and prison population. It’s time for smarter intervention.

Signs of homelessness are becoming more visible. Tracey Nearmy/AAP

March 16, 2018

Homeless numbers will keep rising until governments change course on housing

Gavin Wood, RMIT University; Guy Johnson, RMIT University; Juliet Watson, RMIT University, and Rosanna Scutella, RMIT University

A decade after the launch of a national campaign to reduce homelessness, the latest figures show Australia is going backwards. Research points to problems in the public housing system as a key factor.

Fewer people who were homeless or at risk of being homeless exited poverty than in the general population. Shutterstock

February 23, 2018

New evidence suggests we may need to rethink policies aimed at poverty

Nicolas Herault, The University of Melbourne; Francisco Azpitarte, The University of Melbourne, and Guy Johnson, RMIT University

Less than 15% of the most disadvantaged people in Australia exit poverty from one year to the next. We need to design policy to tackle this.

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