Journal article
Precariously placed: housing affordability, quality and satisfaction of Australians with disabilities
Zoe Aitken, Emma Baker, Hannah Badland, Kate Mason, Rebecca Bentley, Andrew Beer, Anne Marie Kavanagh
DISABILITY & SOCIETY | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
Access to adequate, safe, secure, accessible and affordable housing is a fundamental human right and one stipulated in the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Australian adults with disabilities experience housing disadvantage including homelessness, poor-quality housing and housing unaffordability; however, we lack a comprehensive comparison of the housing circumstances of people with and without disabilities and differences by impairment type. We analysed data from a nationally representative sample of 11,394 working-aged Australians collected in 2011. We found that people with disabilities experienced disadvantage across all housing indicators, and peopl..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council, Centre for Research Excellence in Disability and Health
Awarded by Australian Research Council (ARC)
Awarded by ARC Future Fellowship
Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council, Centre for Research Excellence in Disability and Health [APP1116385]; Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant [DP170101434]. HB supported by Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellowship; EB supported by ARC Future Fellowship [FT140100872]; RB supported by ARC Future Fellowship (FT150100131).