ABSTRACT
Dr Nicola Brackertz, Australia Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) and Adam Barnes, Brisbane Youth Service
How can we better sustain the tenancies of young people living in social housing?
This was the question posed by Brisbane Youth Service (BYS), and social housing providers from the Under 1 Roof consortium in 2015. Housing providers were clear that there was a gap in the service system regarding support for young tenants in social housing.
Available evidence indicates that Sustaining Young Tenancies fills an important gap in the delivery of homelessness prevention and early intervention services for young people and contributes towards breaking the cycle of homelessness.