Housing and Homelessness

New youth homeless refuge helping Melbourne’s most vulnerable

Pearl Dy July 23, 2020

A new youth homeless refuge is about to open its doors in Melton, as part of the fight to tackle the growing homelessness problem plaguing

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Uncategorized, Housing and Homelessness, Policy

Sector seeking urgent action to end rough sleeping homelessness

Pearl Dy July 14, 2020

The Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH) has launched a sector wide lobbying campaign, Homes Beyond Covid, to raise awareness of the urgent needs of

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Housing and Homelessness, third sector, Policy, covid-19

Policy plan launched to ensure homeless people are not tipped back out onto the street as we recover from COVID-19

Pearl Dy June 9, 2020

The Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH) has launched a 7-point policy plan to not just recover from COVID-19 but to end rough sleeping homelessness

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Government, Housing and Homelessness, Policy, Governance, Collaboration

Infrastructure and health policy needed to end homelessness

Pearl Dy May 14, 2020

Calls for infrastructure and health policy have been made by local and state government representatives and the housing and homelessness sector during today’s Preventing a Return

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Associations, Featured, third sector, Housing and Homelessness, Charities, Health

Relief as 6-month supplement extended to concerned groups facing destitution

Pearl Dy March 24, 2020

The Australian Council of Social Service welcomes the passage of both stimulus packages through the Parliament last night, highlighting more will be needed. ACOSS CEO

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Housing and Homelessness, Grants, Funding

Homes for Homes gives $460,000 boost to social housing projects

Pearl Dy February 18, 2020

Homes for Homes has announced the recipients of a combined $460,000 in funding to support projects which will increase Australia’s supply of social and affordable housing.

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third sector, Housing and Homelessness

Adelaide Thinker in Residence is a Chicago expert

Pearl Dy November 12, 2019

Adelaide has welcomed the city’s newest ‘Thinker in Residence’ who has been instrumental in Chicago experiencing a 25 per cent decrease in overall street homelessness.

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Featured, Housing and Homelessness

“We stand with Australians in need until they can stand for themselves”: breaking cycles of dependency

Pearl Dy October 8, 2019

Mission Australia CEO, James Toomey, talked to Third Sector about what success means for them and how to break cycles of dependency to add value to people’s lives. Learning through the years that reasons behind

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third sector, Housing and Homelessness, Latest News

GDP figures confirm economic case for urgent increase to Newstart

Pearl Dy September 5, 2019

The GDP figures released Tuesday further the strong case for increasing Newstart and investing in social housing in order to stimulate the economy, while acting

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Housing and Homelessness

Early intervention the key to beating youth homelessness

Pearl Dy August 6, 2019

Ending homelessness in Australia requires a multi-pronged approach, but many aid organisations are seeing the benefit of early intervention practises and services in order to

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