Search all the sites below:
Government reports and grey literature.
These sites will keep you up to date on new reports from government agencies, NGOs, think tanks and other bodies.
Australian Policy Online
UK Info4local
UK Housemark
US Docuticker
Search engines
Customised search engines that target selected sites can save time and effort.
Housing Australia
Australian health and welfare departments
Australian and international human services
Useful websites
AUSTRALIA
Department of Planning and Community Development Details of Victoria's Community Building Initiative. includes Grants@DPCD (for other grants see: Commonwealth Grants Link )
Community indicators Victoria uses
local community wellbeing indicators to improve citizen engagement,
community planning and policy making. Australian and international links on monitoring community wellbeing
ABS Social Capital themepage statistics on a wide range of family and community wellbeing related matters including community functioning and social capital.
Australian Institute of Family Studies research and information on family wellbeing. Includes Communities and families clearinghouse access
to current information and resources to assist those working in the
field of early childhood and community development and family and social policy links and a useful Public housing estates: bibliography.
National homelessness information clearinghouse Australia
Australian domestic & family violence clearinghouse research, resources and good practice database
Community Builders NSW.
clearing house for everyone involved in community level social,
economic and environmental renewal including community leaders,
community & government workers, volunteers, program managers,
academics, policy makers, youth and seniors.
Victorian Local Governance Association News, publications and links to support Victorian municipalities and associated community groups. Useful Library of reports and presentations
ourcommunity.com.au News
and resources for Australian community and non profit groups. Site
includes advice on fundraising, recruiting and organising volunteers,
etc.
Council to homeless persons Homelessness Policy Information, Analysis, Opinion, Facilitation and Advocacy
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare AIHW
is Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and
information, providing reports and discussion papers, drawing on a wide
range of data collections.
Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
AHURI draws together researchers, policy-makers, industry and the
community in order to achieve better housing market outcomes, to
achieve efficient and effective housing assistance programs and to
build viable communities.
National Homelessness Information Clearinghouse
Australian clearinghouse for youth studies
NSW Housing Rooftops corporate newsletter
QLD Community Renewal
SA Community planning and renewal unit
NEW ZEALAND
The Ministry of Housing The
government Ministry of Housing website contains general information
about the current housing situation in New Zealand. It also contains
information about housing policy and legislation.
UK
Sustainable communities and housing
The Guardian – Housing and Regeneration and Social exclusion Websites latest
news from the Guardian newspaper on housing and regeneration, with
links to relevant information available on the internet. Also includes
information guides suitable for either beginners or those involved in
the field on “special issues” such as housing transfers, homelessness,
regeneration finance and urban renewal strategy.
The Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion The
core research of CASE is divided between five inter-related strands:
economic exclusion and income dynamics; social welfare institutions;
family change and civil society; community, area polarisation and
regeneration; and exclusion and society.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
the UK's largest independent social policy research and development
charity. It supports a wide programme of research and development
projects in housing, social care and social policy.
Housing UK Health - housing and the delivery of health and adult social care services
Scottish Government Housing
CANADA
The Social Development Directorate A government agency that works to enable Canadians to participate fully in the workplace and community.
USA
US National Housing Institute Shelterforce The journal of affordable housing and community building
HUD USER provides
information on US housing policy and programs, building technology,
economic development, urban planning, and other housing-related topics.Cityscape :A Journal of Policy Development and Research
The Urban Institute
includes reports on social and economic problems confronting the US,
with a specific focus on the topics of federalism, economics, social
welfare and community building.
Smart Library on Urban Poverty Institute
for Social Science Information (NISSI). This site allows six pathways
into its databases, which cover a range of topics: welfare and work
facts, first-person narratives, and evaluations of major economic
experiments.
