MEDIA RELEASE: Australian social workers recognise National Homelessness Week 2018
The theme of this year’s National Homelessness Week, 6-12 August is “Ending […] Read More »
+ Read MoreAwareness week takes aim at seniors at risk
Older Australians who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless are […] Read More »
+ Read MoreOne in six young Australians have experienced homelessness, with family violence the leading cause for them to leave home, new data shows. For the first time in its yearly survey of 15-19-year-olds, Mission Australia asked young people if they had spent time away from home in the past three months because they felt they couldn’t go back. The results, released on Wednesday, show an average of one-in-six young people across the nation answered ‘yes’ in 2017, with the highest rates in Western Australia (one-in-five) and the lowest in Victoria (one-in-eight).
A Mission Australia survey of 15-19-year-olds has found one-in-six experienced homelessness last […] Read More »
+ Read MoreHomelessness rate increase due to lack of social housing
More than 1300 applications have been made in the inner Gippsland region […] Read More »
+ Read MoreListen:Ending homelessness: Can Melbourne learn from Finland?
Finland has replaced homeless shelters with permanent homes paired with intensive support. […] Read More »
+ Read MoreHomelessness Week highlights need for united fight
One in 66 Tasmanians – or about 8000 people – benefited from a homelessness […] Read More »
+ Read MoreSocial workers call for housing for homeless as The Block goes to a
Veteran St Kilda homelessness support worker Billi Clarke is not one to […] Read More »
+ Read MoreHousing affordability a key driver of homelessness: Rough sleepers report
Financial difficulties and a lack of affordable housing are key drivers of Australia’s homelessness problem, […] Read More »
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More than 100 thousand Australians are waking to another day of homelessness. […] Read More »
+ Read MoreOp Ed: Letter in the mailbox that sets my heart racing
By Jess Scully, City of Sydney Councillor Any tenant will know the […] Read More »
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