HOME Strategic Research and Innovation Centre

HOME is an interdisciplinary group of around 30 Deakin researchers. Working with local communities, we co-design solutions to complex problems of access to affordable housing, homelessness and social inclusion. Our team has expertise across design, architecture, health, homelessness, disability, accessibility and universal design, indigenous communities, human geography, place-making, anthropology, systems thinking, community engagement, the arts, policy, law, property and economics. HOME’s work is based on four key themes: 1. Home for life: designed to be adaptable and universally accessible; that meets our needs, and enables us to engage in personally meaningful activities; is safe and securely ours; and so a home for all stages of life; 2. Home we can afford: designed to minimise energy use and built to minimise environmental impact; that matches our means, and is available to all; and so a home that is sustainable, both collectively and individually; 3. Home where we know neighbours: designed for social connectivity; and so a home where we can strengthen relationships across difference; 4. Home that is connected: to occupations, services, education, nature, transport, play, food and the wider world.