The Shifting Risk of Homelessness among Persons with a Disability: Insights from a National Policy Intervention

Andrew Beer, Lyrian Daniel, Emma Baker and Laurence Lester
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Andrew Beer: UniSA Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia
Lyrian Daniel: School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
Emma Baker: School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
Laurence Lester: UniSA Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 18, 1-10

Abstract: Persons with a disability are at a far higher risk of homelessness than those without. The economic, social and health challenges faced by disabled people are addressed, in Australia, by the recently implemented National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Using nationally representative, longitudinal household panel data, we construct the Index of Relative Homelessness Risk (IRHR) to track how the risk of homelessness for disabled persons has changed since the introduction of the NDIS. We find that, overall, fewer persons with a disability face moderate risk of homelessness but that many more face high risk. We conclude that the NDIS has not effectively protected disabled people from the risk of homelessness. We reflect on the implications of these findings for policy interventions.

Keywords: disability; housing; homelessness; risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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