Evaluating the Impact of Social Housing
Date
From: Tuesday November 11, 2025, 8:00 am
To: Tuesday November 11, 2025, 8:45 am
Due to the (increasing) scarceness of low-rent housing in the private rental market and without access to social or affordable housing, more and more households are at risk of homelessness and housing precariousness. The current stock of social and affordable housing is insufficient to meet the demand of a growing population in need of housing that provides secure and affordable shelter.
There is thus a need for additional investment in social and affordable housing. When considering the cost and benefits associated with this, it is useful to also consider the cost of not providing high-quality social and affordable housing: e.g. in terms of housing stability, health outcomes or education outcomes for low-income families. A few selected results and recommendations from an early evaluation of Future Directions, a large social housing reform in New South Wales, will be presented. This evaluation compared a range of outcomes for the tenants of the dwellings provided through the Future Directions Strategy to outcomes of similar tenants allocated to other social housing dwellings.
Members are welcome to join us. Tickets are limited.Please book early.
Time: 8.00 am finishing by 8:45am
Cost: Members FREE | Non-Members $10.00
Free for staff working at Treasury: register with Dr Christine Carmody — Strategic Advisor
Housing Finance and Deliver Branch
Location: The Department of Treasury, Langton Crescent PARKES, ACT 2600
Tea, coffee and light refreshments provided.
Registration essential: by COB Friday 7th November 2025
For more information, please contact admin@esaact.org.au
Guyonne Kalb is a Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Institute, leading the Family and Labour Economics team. She has a PhD in Econometrics from Monash University. She is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course, a Fellow in the Academy of Social Sciences Australia, a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and co-editor for The Economic Record.
Her research interests include labour supply issues; the interaction of labour supply, social security and taxation; labour supply and family policies; and the impact of childcare/parental activities on child development and health. Her work includes over 70 refereed publications in national and international journals, such as Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Education Review, Fiscal Studies and Economic Record.
Guyonne has been involved in several research projects providing evidence for policy makers, such as the evaluation of the Paid Parental Leave scheme and the evaluation of the Try, Test and Learn Fund for the Department of Social Services. She has led the evaluation of the Future Directions for Social Housing in NSW reform for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, and is currently involved in an evaluation of the Men’s Behaviour Change Program.
Bookings are now closed
Venue
Department of Treasury C block entrance
Langton Crescent , PARKES ACT 2600