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December 18, 2024
Homelessness Australia has warned more ambition is needed to tackle the housing crisis after the federal government’s mid-year budget fell short in critical areas. “We need the Government to provide the housing and support that millions of Australians desperately need. This should include major new investments in social housing to build on the Housing Australia Future Fund and other commitments, along with a greater investment in homelessness services so no one is turned away, and more income support so people can pay their rent."
December 11, 2024
The latest AIHW annual homelessness data, released today, revealing a deepening emergency. The number of people already sleeping rough when first accessing a service increased 13% in the past year, and one-third of people who needed emergency accommodation missed out. Homelessness Australia is calling on the federal and state governments to deliver an emergency homelessness investment.
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.
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
September 4, 2024
As the National Cabinet announces its response to the rapid review into the prevention of violence against women, new data reveals a critical shortage in homelessness support services for women and children escaping domestic and family violence (DFV).
August 5, 2024
A new report reveals the harsh reality of the homelessness crisis hitting Aussie families, with more than a third of the 88,696 family members who sought support still homeless during their last contact with homelessness support services. The disturbing family homelessness figures are compounded by a new report released today by Homelessness Australia which shows more than 76,000 children under the age of 18 sought help from homelessness support services across the nation annually.
June 24, 2024
A Bill introduced by Senator David Pocock and North Sydney MP Kylea Tink to legislate a National Housing and Homelessness Plan is a welcome step to recognising adequate housing as a fundamental human right and creating a more equitable housing system for all Australians, according to the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA), Homelessness Australia, and National Shelter.
May 16, 2024
Homelessness Australia has welcomed the increase in Commonwealth Rent Assistance, the new federal state housing and homelessness agreement, and use of resources to create new homes for young people and women escaping violence, but expressed concern at the lack of First Nations housing investments outside of the NT, and the impact of not increasing income support.
May 13, 2024
Over 40 organisations working at the frontlines of the homelessness and housing crisis have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, urging increased income support in Tuesday’s Budget, as a new analysis reveals rapid rent hikes have eroded the value of income support increases in the 2023 Budget.
May 11, 2024
Homelessness Australia welcomes the new commitments to homelessness in the 2024 Budget and announced following Friday’s National Cabinet meeting.
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