Homelessness rate increase due to lack of social housing
06/08/2018
More than 1300 applications have been made in the inner Gippsland region for social housing which represents a five per cent growth in nine months, […]
Listen:Ending homelessness: Can Melbourne learn from Finland?
06/08/2018
Finland has replaced homeless shelters with permanent homes paired with intensive support. Juha Kaakinen, CEO of Y-Foundation, the agency which convinced the Finnish Government to […]
Homelessness Week highlights need for united fight
06/08/2018
One in 66 Tasmanians – or about 8000 people – benefited from a homelessness service in the year 2016-2017. These figures are expected to grow, […]
Social workers call for housing for homeless as The Block goes to a
04/08/2018
Veteran St Kilda homelessness support worker Billi Clarke is not one to mince her words. “There is no doubt,” she says, that the Gatwick Hotel […]
Housing affordability a key driver of homelessness: Rough sleepers report
03/08/2018
Financial difficulties and a lack of affordable housing are key drivers of Australia’s homelessness problem, according to an unprecedented report on rough sleepers. Rough sleepers […]
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01/08/2018
More than 100 thousand Australians are waking to another day of homelessness. Mission Australia says many of them are young – aged just 15 to […]
Op Ed: Letter in the mailbox that sets my heart racing
12/07/2018
By Jess Scully, City of Sydney Councillor Any tenant will know the anxiety when you see a letter from your real estate agent. Every time […]
Can the market provide affordable housing?
12/07/2018
There is an ongoing debate about the best role for the planning system in addressing the shortage of affordable housing in Australia’s cities. Read the […]
Canberra weekly house rents have topped the nation: Domain report
12/07/2018
Renters in Canberra are being faced with the most expensive weekly asking rents for houses in the nation, according to the latest Domain quarterly report. […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Local councils bear the burden of political inaction on homelessness
04/07/2018
Victoria’s peak body has said it is not surprised by Streetcount figures showing 392 rough sleepers were counted across five local government areas in inner […]