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Social housing left high and dry in 2020 Budget

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 7th October 2020 - Housing and homelessness advocates say this year’s budget was a “missed opportunity”. Dreams of a social housing-led economy recovery have been dashed in this year’s federal budget,…

NSW Needs 100,000 New Homes to Beat Housing Stress

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th July 2016 - New South Wales needs 100,000 new social and affordable houses over the next 20 years to prevent decade-long waiting lists blowing out even further, according to a new report from…

Housing Affordability Ignored in Cabinet Reshuffle

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 19th July 2016 - Housing policy peak body National Shelter and the federal opposition have claimed the prime minister is continuing to ignore Australia’s housing affordability crisis…

NFP Grant Applications ‘Flood’

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 22nd July 2014 - Grant applications in the tens of thousands are expected to flood the Federal Department of Social Services as its new $800 million grants program applications close in the next 24…

Government Advertises Service Delivery Grants

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 10th June 2014 - The Federal Government has begun a national advertising campaign calling on Not for Profits to apply for funding to deliver services from January 2015 under its new grants arrangements.…

National Homeless Figures Remain Unchanged

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 4th July 2012 - The new report has found that young people, women and Indigenous Australians were all overrepresented among those receiving homeless services in the December quarter of 2011 –…