Housing First: A Path to Social Justice
Australian History Urban Planning Public Policy Social Justice Housing Studies Homelessness Studies Activism & Advocacy Social Work
Housing First: A Path to Social Justice (2016, PPHA) is the Australian textbook that activists, policy students and concerned neighbours keep searching for online. In 185 clearly written pages, author Tony Lintermans distils fifteen years of front-line work proving that safe, permanent housing—not conditional shelters—ends chronic homelessness and the social damage that surrounds it. Readers learn how the model first took hold in Victoria, how it now underpins Australia’s National Housing Strategy, and how to replicate its success anywhere communities are ready to act.
Unlike dense academic tomes, this illustrated guide is built for rapid reference. Diagrams of funding flows, check-lists for setting up “Housing First” teams, and short true stories from formerly homeless tenants make the theory stick. Lintermans places these tools inside Australia’s broader history of housing injustice, so you understand why earlier policies failed and why Housing First is framed as a human-rights issue rather than charity. The result is a handbook that works equally well for university courses, local council briefings, or neighbourhood reading groups determined to push for change.
Collectors and gift-givers appreciate the book’s practical extras: 30-plus photos, charts and infographics; a sturdy matte paperback that lies flat for note-taking; and an easy-to-navigate index linking key legislation, case studies and funding sources. This copy is clean, tightly bound, and carries only an unobtrusive gift inscription on the front endpaper—no dog-ears, no ex-library marks—making it shelf-ready for anyone who wants an affordable, information-packed resource on Australian housing advocacy and social justice.
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