Homelessness Australia is not a provider of accommodation. If you are seeking emergency accommodation, click here for more information.
Homelessness Australia is not a provider of accommodation. If you are seeking emergency accommodation, click here for more information.
Homelessness Australia is the national peak body for homelessness in Australia. We provide systemic advocacy for the homelessness sector.
‘No-one turned away’ is a new campaign to achieve increased funding for homelessness services so everyone can get the help they need. We need you to be involved to make this a powerful voice for change.
December 9, 2024
Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024 has revealed a 22% increase in people experiencing rough sleeping in the three years to 2023-24, nationwide. The deepening housing crisis is the major driver of worsening homelessness, with the number of people citing housing affordability stress as the main reason they need homelessness services having increased by 36% in the three years to 2023-24.
November 27, 2024
New data reveals a devastating 63 per cent surge in preventable deaths among Australians experiencing homelessness, with people dying decades earlier than the general population amid critical shortages in housing and support services. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare today released an analysis of a decade of data, showing 12,500 people who had accessed homelessness services died over the ten-year period to 2022, a death rate 1.8 times the general population, with the annual death toll rising from 914 in 2012-13 to 1,489 in 2021-22 – a 63% increase.
November 18, 2024
A landmark study finds the number of people at risk of homelessness has surged 63 per cent to three million, overwhelming the capacity of homelessness services who have had to close their doors to people desperately seeking help.
Homelessness Australia has partnered with the UNSW City Futures Research Centre and University of Queensland to support the development of the Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024, an in depth national study examining the changing nature and scale of homelessness, impact of the housing crisis, and developments in homelessness policy.
Read the Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024Explore the latest homelessness and housing crisis data, and learn about the latest policy and practice developments, including the growing role of local governments
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