TY - BOOK
T1 - Boarding Houses Act 2012 Evaluation Report 1: Final Report
AU - Drake, Gabrielle
AU - Blunden, Hazel
AU - Newton, Kathryn
AU - Lentini, Esterina
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In October 2012, the Parliament of New South Wales (NSW) passed the Boarding Houses Act 2012 (NSW), as a central part of its bid to strengthen and comprehensively regulate boarding houses in NSW. An evaluation of the Act is a legal requirement specified in section 105, requiring that the Act be reviewed against its objectives after five years. The Department of Family and Community Services Ageing, Disability and Home Care engaged Newtown Neighbourhood Centre (NNC) to conduct parts of this evaluation, based on NNC’s extensive experience with the boarding house sector. A research partnership was established between NNC, and researchers from the University of Western Sydney, to evaluate the implementation of the Act. This study aims to assess the effect of the Act on the wellbeing of residents of boarding houses; assess whether the rights of residents are better protected following the introduction of the Act; determine the effect of the Act on the sustainability of the boarding house sector; and determine levels and types of collaboration between departments, agencies and community organisations that work with the boarding house sector.
AB - In October 2012, the Parliament of New South Wales (NSW) passed the Boarding Houses Act 2012 (NSW), as a central part of its bid to strengthen and comprehensively regulate boarding houses in NSW. An evaluation of the Act is a legal requirement specified in section 105, requiring that the Act be reviewed against its objectives after five years. The Department of Family and Community Services Ageing, Disability and Home Care engaged Newtown Neighbourhood Centre (NNC) to conduct parts of this evaluation, based on NNC’s extensive experience with the boarding house sector. A research partnership was established between NNC, and researchers from the University of Western Sydney, to evaluate the implementation of the Act. This study aims to assess the effect of the Act on the wellbeing of residents of boarding houses; assess whether the rights of residents are better protected following the introduction of the Act; determine the effect of the Act on the sustainability of the boarding house sector; and determine levels and types of collaboration between departments, agencies and community organisations that work with the boarding house sector.
KW - boardinghouses
KW - disabilities
KW - housing
KW - mental health
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:29880
UR - http://www.adhc.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0010/308827/BH-Act-Evaluation-Report.pdf
M3 - Research report
BT - Boarding Houses Act 2012 Evaluation Report 1: Final Report
PB - University of Western Sydney
CY - Penrith, N.S.W.
ER -