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Homelessness Australia is not a provider of accommodation. If you are seeking emergency accommodation, click here for more information.
February 6, 2023
As the gap between the cost of housing and incomes rapidly widens, the Australian Government must approve a $2 billion rapid-rehousing fund, expand the Housing Australia Future Fund to support annual construction of 25,000 social housing properties, and increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance 50 per cent. Homelessness Australia's recommendations for investment in the 2023-24 Budget have been released alongside analysis finding that while incomes have grown five per cent over two years, rents have completely outstripped them over the same period, increasing 28 per cent.
February 3, 2023
The high cost of housing in Australia, lack of affordable rentals and inadequacy of income support results in poverty for many households and drives homelessness. Fixing the housing crisis so that everyone can access a home they can afford is critical to addressing poverty and to ending homelessness in Australia. As this Submission outlines, this will require policy to address both income adequacy and the supply of affordable rental homes.
January 12, 2023
The latest Corelogic rent data shows a ‘new record high’ in national annual rent growth with values up 10.2% in the year to December. More Australians are diving deeper into housing stress and poverty with no end in sight.
December 23, 2022
New analysis by Homelessness Australia has found financial difficulties and housing affordability stress skyrocketed in 2022, driving a surge in demand for homelessness support, with NSW, WA, Tasmania and SA worst affected.
December 21, 2022
More Australians are relying on housing and homelessness services than ever before but unless the Albanese Labor Government provides funding to cover the extra costs of wage increases to homelessness services homeless Australians will have less help available. Homelessness Australia and the Australian Services Union have written to the federal government seeking urgent action.
December 9, 2022
Homelessness Week 2023 will take place from Sunday August 6 to Saturday August 13. Homelessness Week aims to raise awareness of the impact of homelessness on Australia via national and local community events, including providing information on the importance of housing as a solution and educating communities on how they can make a difference.
November 25, 2022
A new analysis shows that only three per cent of women fleeing family violence received the long term housing they needed for the 2020 and 2021 financial years.
October 11, 2022
The Board of Homelessness Australia (HA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Kate Colvin as its new CEO.
August 1, 2022
Australia can end homelessness within a decade under a practical and ambitious new plan designed to guide the Albanese government.
June 6, 2022
Join us, either in Canberra or online, as the National Homelessness Conference returns as a face-to-face event in August. Register today!
June 1, 2022
Mainstream housing providers are grounded in Western cultural norms, and their incompatibility with Aboriginal worldviews leads to Aboriginal people being coerced into cultural compromises within the housing sector, either to be offered housing or to remain in their current house. For housing and support to be effective, culture must be front and centre of design and delivery and be valued as a birthright by the western system.
May 30, 2022
Noongar Mia Mia (NMM) is the largest Aboriginal-owned-and-operated Community Housing Provider exclusively serving Aboriginal tenants and their families on Noongar country. NMM believes that housing is a human right, and is keen to make a difference by reducing Aboriginal homelessness.
