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Better Targeted Affordable Housing Needed

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th February 2016 - 
More targeted, affordable housing across specific regions of Australia is needed to stop the rise in homelessness, a study by community welfare agency, Launch Housing has found.

Domestic Violence Driving Homelessness

Xavier Smerdon, Wednesday, 9th December 2015 -  Domestic and family violence was directly responsible for one-third of all Australians who used specialist homelessness services over the last two years, new government figures…

Changemaker

Jump in and Stay the Course

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 30th November 2015 -  After a lifetime of working to ensure that elderly people have a place to call home, Bryan Lipmann has been recognised as Melburnian of the Year. Lipmann is this week’s Changemaker.

More Than a Million Aussies Forced to Sleep Rough

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 6th October 2015 -  A “staggering” 1.4 million Australians, or 7.8 per cent of the population, have been forced to sleep rough at some stage in their life, research from RMIT University…

Homeless Older People Overlooked

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 6th August 2015 -  Sydney’s increasingly expensive housing market is contributing to the rise in the number of older homeless people, HammondCare warned during Homelessness Prevention Week.…

States Delaying Homelessness Funding – Morrison

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 7th July 2015 -  Federal Minister for Social Services, Scott Morrison, has accused four State Governments of delaying the delivery of more than $135 million in homelessness funding. Morrison announced…

NYC Mayor Spends $100 Million on Homeless

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 12th May 2015 -  The Mayor of New York City will spend more on tackling homelessness over the next year than the Abbott Government did on its entire Rental Affordability Scheme last year. Mayor Bill…

Warning on ‘Mass Homelessness’ in Australia

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 7th May 2015 -  Australia could experience “mass homelessness” if the Federal Government fails to continue funding a national strategy, one of the world’s foremost authorities…

Feds Renew Homelessness Program Funding

Lina Caneva, Monday, 23rd March 2015 -  The Federal Government has extended homelessness funding for another two years, providing $230 million under the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness –  just…

Costs of Youth Homelessness Revealed – Report

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 17th February 2015 -  New research from Swinburne University reveals the extreme difficulties faced by homeless young people in Australia, with 63 per cent having been in kinship, residential or foster…

NFPs Warn of Homelessness Program Closures in Govt Appeal

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 10th February 2015 -  Some 60 Not for Profit organisations and peak bodies Australia-wide have signed a joint open letter to Minister Scott Morrison calling for Federal homelessness funding to be continued,…

High Rents Boosting Homelessness

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 22nd January 2015 -  Homelessness services in Victoria have seen a 30 per cent increase in demand over the last year, according to new figures. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released…
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