The final report from the Inquiry into the rental and housing affordability crisis in Victoria was release last week. The report has 23 key findings and makes 34 recommendations on…
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MEDIA RELEASE 20 November 2023 The Albanese Government’s Social Housing Accelerator will build up to 769 homes for Victorians who need them, in partnership with the Allan Labor Government. As…
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There has finally been an agreement with the federal government and the Greens on the Housing Australia Future Fund. The Bill will likely be passed this week after negotiations secured…
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Our governments have failed us. They have failed our youth, they have failed vulnerable women, and men over 50 and every other person in between who for many reasons have…
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It might look like a small step to addressing homelessness in our regions, but hats off to the Mount Alexander Shire for making changes to local laws that will allow…
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Ending Homelessness The last Census shows that, on any given night, at least 30,000 Victorians are without a home (including 6,800 children). They’re living in their car, staying somewhere temporary…
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The upcoming AHURI Discussion Series on 'private sector involvement in social and affordable housing' will feature discussion with developers, financiers and community housing organisations delivering affordable housing right now through…
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4 May 2023 The Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness, Minister for Small Business today released this statement urging all Senators to back the $10 billion…
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Did you know that almost 40,000 young people aged 15–24 years presented alone to a homelessness service in 2021–22? Of these young people, almost half experienced mental ill-health and…
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The volume of social and affordable housing required in Australia can not be supplied by only one sector and needs to be financed, developed and managed by partnerships of government,…
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AHURI has released their latest report into Indigenous homelessness. Key points that have come from this report are: Australia-wide, one in 28 Indigenous people were homeless at the time of…
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Anglicare Australia is calling on the government to undertake a series of urgent and long-term measures to stem a national crisis in housing, in what it says is a market…
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Well, it looks like the Census data has been able to identify that 1 million homes in Australia sit vacant, and there are calls for policy settings to change to…
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There are many services for children, young people and families in the Central Goldfields Shire, but sometimes they are hard to find. This directory brings local service information together in one…
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CHIRP has moved to Spencely House at Castlemaine Health. All appointments from 6 June 2022 will be held at Spencely House, Castlemaine Health, 142 Cornish Street. While the address is…
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Sunbury COBAW Community Health- Housing Support Program provides assistance to people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The service provides assistance to single adults, families, women and…
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A new report published recently by ACOSS and the UNSW, states regional rental housing affordability has significantly worsened during the pandemic. With rent rises outweighing wage increases, the impact this…
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It hasn't even been two weeks since the Andrew's Government announced that developers would be facing a 1.75% levy on all new developments, and today, Treasurer Tim Pallas announced the…
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