Developing effective housing management policies to address problems of anti-social behaviour

Abstract

This report constitutes the final output of research undertaken by the Southern Research Centre to develop effective housing management policies to combat problems of anti-social behaviour (ASB). Previous outputs from the research include: a Positioning Paper - that provided a review of relevant literature and a summary of existing policies used by State Housing Authorities in Australia; and a Work in Progress Report - that outlined details of preliminary research findings. The Final Report builds on the earlier outputs of the research by presenting the findings from the two case study investigations undertaken in Christie Downs in South Australia and Bridgewater in Tasmania. The report begins with a discussion of the policy context and reiteration of the aims and methods of the research. Chapter Two summarises relevant literature on the theme of anti-social behaviour and discusses the trends and emerging policy themes in this area. Chapter Three explains the data collection strategy that has been devised to answer the research questions for the project. Chapters Four through Seven present the findings of the project and are organised along thematic lines to show how each of the research questions have been answered. The concluding chapter summarises the overall findings and sets out the key policy issues arising from the project.