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Homelessness Australia is not a provider of accommodation. If you are seeking emergency accommodation, click here for more information.
August 7, 2026
In Homelessness Week 2026 we launched our new Strategic Plan. Our purpose is clear: to bring together and lead national efforts for evidence-informed policy, practice and action to prevent homelessness and reduce its impacts.
July 31, 2026
As state and federal ministers thrash out a new National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement, new analysis shows providing a home linked to support is the single greatest improvement that could be made for the tens of thousands of Australians trapped in a cycle of crisis, while also offering a strong fiscal benefit.
July 23, 2026
New Australian Homelessness Monitor analysis finds the flow of available social housing vacancies to people experiencing homelessness has increased as a consequence of Government investment in social housing, but vacancies will decline by more than 20% from 2023 unless Government investment is sustained.
May 28, 2026
The Albanese Government's Homes for Australia plan recognises that ending homelessness depends on continuing to expand social housing, backing the homelessness services on the front line of the housing crisis, and strengthening cross-government efforts to reduce risk of homelessness according to Homelessness Australia.
May 13, 2026
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers is unlocking social housing for over 4,000 young people with the $60 million investment to create the new National Youth Housing Supplement.
May 5, 2026
Homelessness Australia has expressed deep sorrow following the death of a baby in a makeshift camp, extending its condolences to the child’s mother and all those affected.
April 27, 2026
New modelling by Equity Economics finds that fixing a structural policy flaw that locks young people out of social housing would more than pay for itself within four years, before generating hundreds of million of dollars in economic benefit over the longer term.
February 10, 2026
Homelessness Australia has welcomed Commonwealth funding of $3.4 million over three years for the national homelessness peak body, saying it provides much-needed capacity at a time of unprecedented demand for homelessness services.
February 2, 2026
Australia’s homelessness services are under unprecedented strain, with more people seeking help, more being turned away and a sharp rise in rough sleeping prompting calls by Homelessness Australia for a major intervention in the 2026 Federal Budget.
December 4, 2025
New Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) data reveals a system under extreme strain, with a surge in homeless people seeking help which isn’t available and a marked increase in rough sleepers. Homelessness Australia is calling for a dedicated Homelessness Prevention Fund to stop people losing their homes and ease the burden on crisis organisations stretched beyond limits.
November 23, 2025
Homelessness Australia welcomes the announcement of Round 3 of the Housing Australia Future Fund delivering 11,000 new social housing properties.
October 31, 2025
Australia's homelessness crisis is not just a moral failure, it's economic self-harm costing the nation billions, prompting calls from Homelessness Australia for a Productivity Commission inquiry.
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