Chris Hartley is a Research Fellow in the City Futures Research Centre. Chris has a research focus in housing and homelessness with a special interest in:
· The intersection of disability and homelessness.
· Trauma informed care social policy
· Research co-design with people with a lived experience of homelessness
· Social housing policy
· International human rights law and homelessness
· Outcomes measurement in specialist homelessness services
Chris has led and participated in numerous inquiries and research projects for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) and co-authored the Australian Homelessness Monitor in 2020 and 2022.
Chris has a decade of experience in the homelessness sector, having worked as the Senior Policy Officer with Homelessness NSW and Policy Officer/Solicitor with the Homeless Persons’ Legal Service.
Research reports/evaluations
Hartley, C. & Barnes, E. (2023). Safe, accessible and available? Examining the temporary accommodation system in NSW. Report commissioned by Homelessness NSW.
Martin, C., Lawson, J., Milligan, V., Hartley, C., Pawson, H. and Dodson, J. (2023) Towards an Australian Housing and Homelessness Strategy: understanding national approaches in contemporary policy, AHURI Final Report No. 401, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/401 https://doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7127901
Flatau, P., Lester, L., Seivwright, A., Teal, R., Dobrovic, J., Vallesi, S., Hartley, C. and Callis, Z. (2022). Ending homelessness in Australia: An evidence and policy deep dive. Perth: Centre for Social Impact, The University of Western Australia.
Writer, T., Barnes, E., Hartley, C., Wearring, A. (2022) Social Housing in New South Wales: Report 2 Future Impact, Sydney: Centre for Social Impact
Hartley, C., Barnes E., Writer, T. (2021) More than temporary? An evaluation of the accommodation of people sleeping rough in inner city Sydney during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sydney: Centre for Social Impact .
Hartley, C., Barnes E., (2021) Evaluation of Uniting NSW. ACT Specialist homelessness Services, Sydney: Centre for Social Impact
Hartley, C., Barnes E., (2021) Evaluation of Yfoundations Sticky Stuff Program, Sydney: Centre for Social Impact
Barnes, E., Writer, T., Hartley, C. (2021) Social Housing in New South Wales: Report 1 Contemporary analysis, Sydney: Centre for Social Impact
Meltzer, A., Hartley, C., Writer, T. and Barnes, E. (2021) Preventing homelessness after release from youth justice detention: Reflections on planning a participatory, lived experience and trauma-informed project. Report prepared for the Constellation Project. Centre for Social Impact, Sydney.
Writer, T., Hartley, C., Barnes, E., Ahearn, E-R., Varadharajan, M., Noone, J., & Thomson, A (2021) The Salvation Army Doorways Evaluation and Service Redesign. Sydney: Centre for Social Impact
Pawson, H., Parsell, C., Liu, E., Hartley, C., & Thompson, S. (2020). Australian Homelessness Monitor 2020.
Flatau, P., Seivwright, A., Hartley, C., Bock, C., & Callis, Z. (2020). Homelessness and COVID-19: CSI response. The Centre for Social Impact.
Muir, K., Powell, A., Flanagan, K., Stone, W., Tually, S., Faulkner, D., Hartley, C., Pawson, H. (2020) ‘A pathway to where?’ Inquiry into understanding and reimagining social housing pathways’ AHURI Final Report No. 332, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/332, doi:10.18408/ahuri-7118001. .
Ramia, I. and Hartley, C (2019) Measuring Social Outcomes in specialist homelessness services The Centre for Social Impact.
Ahearn, E.R., Noone, J.H., Hartley, C., & Barnes E., (2019). Impact Evaluation for Hope Housing. A report for Hope Housing. Sydney: Centre for Social Impact, UNSW.
Dam, M., Hartley, C. (2018) Path to Nowhere Report: Women on Temporary Visas Experiencing Violence and their Children, Australian Women Against Violence Alliance
Hartley, C. (2017) Debt Set Unfair, Social housing Debt and Homelessness, Homelessness NSW
Journal Articles
Hartley, C., Implementing trauma informed care in the proposed national housing and homelessness plan, Power to Persuade, Aug 10, 2023
Hartley, C., Too early to declare it over – The ongoing implications of COVID-19 for homelessness responses, Power to Persuade, Aug 10, 2023
Williams, B., Hartley C. Putting homelessness on the agenda for long COVID policy, Croakey Online April 12, 2023
Hartley, C The ongoing implications of COVID-19 for homelessness responses, Parity, August 2023.
Barnes, E., Hartley, C. (2022). A way to solve homelessness? Quantifying the impact of housing first. Parity, 35(8), 34-35.
Pawson, H., Parsell, C., Hartley, C., Covid-19 spurred action on rough sleepers, but greater homelessness challenges lie ahead, Parity, Vol. 33, No. 10, November 2020: 23-24.
Flatau, P., Hartley, C., Introduction Parity, Vol. 33, No. 10, November 2020:1-2
Hartley, C., Delivering Homes, Not Just Words, Insights Magazine July 10, 2019
Cook, R, and Hartley, C. Interference with public enjoyment? Law Enforcement Responses to Homelessness in Sydney's Central Business District Parity, Vol. 31, No. 3, May 2018: 49-50
Hartley, C. Debt set unfair: Social housing, homelessness and debt Parity, Vol. 29, No.10, November 2016: 22-24
Conference Presentations
Hartley, C., Barnes E., 2022, ‘The evaluation of measures to provide temporary accommodation to people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic’. 4th Financial Inclusion Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia presented at the 4th Financial Inclusion Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 17th February 2022.
Hartley, C., 2020, ‘Left without protection temporary visa, COVID-19’, Impact 2020 Online Conference, presented at the Impact 2020 Online Conference 1 June 2020.
Flatau, P., Hartley, C., 2020, ‘Homelessness was always solvable - With crisis comes opportunity’ Impact 2020 Online Conference, presented at the Impact 2020 Online Conference, 29th April 2020.
Muir, K., Hartley, C, 2020 ‘ Climate Change and Homelessness’, Homelessness NSW Conference 2020, presented at the Homelessness NSW Conference, Wollongong, presented at the, Homelessness NSW Conference 2020, 28 February 2020.
Hartley, C., Politis, M.,2018, ‘Changing the story of homelessness’, National Homelessness Conference 2018, Melbourne Victoria, presented at the National Homelessness Conference 2018 on 10 August 2018.
Hartley, C., 2017, ‘Debt Set Unfair’ National Housing Conference 2017, Sydney Australia, presented at the National Housing Conference 2017, 29 November 2017.
Young, K., Hartley, C., 2017,’ Implementing trauma informed care in homelessness services’, Regional Homelessness Summit, Ballina, presented at the Regional Homelessness Summit, 10 October 2017.