Nothing about us, without us: lived experience participation in housing and homelessness

Description

This project will produce empirical evidence on lived experience participation in housing and homelessness policy and practice. The project methodology is participatory, including five Lived Experience Leaders and co-researchers. Partners to the project include the Council to Homeless Persons, Ngwala Willumbong, Seeds of Affinity, University of South Australia and Australian Catholic University. 

A scoping review will be undertaken examining evidence and good practice on the meaningful participation and influence of people with lived experience in the homelessness and housing sectors.  

A series of focus groups with up to 60 people with lived experience of homelessness and housing precarity will be conducted in Victoria and South Australia exploring experiences of, and ideas on, participation and lived experience influence. Data from the scoping review and focus groups will be presented to Roundtable discussions in both jurisdictions. Participants at Roundtables will include people with lived experience of homelessness and housing precarity, policymakers, service providers and other key stakeholders. Roundtables will consider the findings and contribute to recommendations for improving lived experience participation and influence in the housing and homelessness sectors.  

SERC researchers

• Robyn Martin
• Christina David
• Kathy Edwards
• Sharlene Nipperess
• Juliet Watson

Project dates

2023–2024 

Funding body

Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)