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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.
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.
October 10, 2024
On World Homelessness Day and World Mental Health Day, Homelessness Australia is calling for urgent action to expand safe and stable housing with support services for people with psychosocial disability, cognitive impairments and complex needs experiencing homelessness
Homelessness Australia has partnered with the UNSW City Futures Research Centre and University of Queensland to support the development of the Australian Homelessness Monitor. The Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024 is the fourth in a series of national studies that aim to to highlight the changing nature and scale of homelessness, drawing links to labor market and housing market trends, and to developments in homelessness policy.
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