AHURI has released a report on the Specialist Homelessness Services sector highlighting priorities for Government policy to improve the situation for workers, including reforming the way SHS funds are delivered….
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Each year more than 160,000 people experiencing or at risk of homelessness seek crisis accommodation from Specialist Homelessness Services SHS. Not all can be accommodated, and many are turned away….
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…
Council to Homeless Persons (CHP) has released a new report revealing the top Victorian electorates where reported homelessness has alarmingly increased over five years. The analysis, which compares the 2016…
The latest Census data is out, and as we thought the statistics are not great for the homeless people in this country, with a 5.2% jump on the 2016…
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…
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…
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…
About one in six children in Australia live in poverty. These children generally have poorer educational outcomes than more advantaged children. Recently published research shows students who live in poverty…
There has been 35 recommendations made from the Inquiry into Homelessness in Australia and the Morrison Government has chosen not to support the committee’s recommendation that the Australian Government, in…
The Centre for Social Impact (CSI), the Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH) and Neami National have launched a comprehensive new report that demonstrates how solvable homelessness is in Australia….
The School of Social Science at the University of Queensland released this report in December 2021. The report details an empirical study of Keeping Families Together, a supportive housing pilot…
The webinar will explore the Review Panel’s proposals for changes to the regulatory landscape including explicitly making the tenant the centre of the system, bringing public and community housing under…
Young people are a significant group experiencing homelessness in Victoria. Compared to older cohorts, young people have distinctive pathways into, and experiences of homelessness. To effectively meet the needs of…
The Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee have released a report detailing the findings and recommendations of the Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria. The 504 page report includes 26…
This Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute research examines possible cost-effective reforms of Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) demand-side housing assistance that could improve housing outcomes for low-income renters. The report…
The Commissioner for Residential Tenancies, Heather Holst, has released Renting in Victoria: Snapshot 2020. This collation of data will progress and build knowledge of Victoria’s rental sector and may help…
In May and June this year roundtable meetings made up of local community and industry leaders, government and MPs came together to discuss on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic…