The use of child support money in meeting housing costs.
Kristin Natalier
School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania
Contact Email: Kristin.Natalier
utas.edu.au
This paper explores how - and indeed, if - child support money is a useful resource in meeting the housing needs of the children of separated parents and the resident parent who receives the payments. The study reports on the findings arising out of a in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 33 parents who received child support money. The impact of child support is often limited by three factors: the amounts paid, the circumstances of its payment (and in particular, the lack of reliability of payments), and the values guiding its allocation.
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