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October 22, 2025
New data released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has revealed there were around nine potentially avoidable deaths per day in 2022-23 among people with a history of getting specialist homelessness support.
October 10, 2025
New analysis from Homelessness Australia has revealed increases in the leading causes of homelessness in Australia, as the globe marks both World Homeless Day and World Mental Health Day.
August 26, 2025
New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has for the first time revealed the scale of children experiencing homelessness without a parent or guardian, and highlighted serious gaps in support services. In a separate AIHW report, new data has also revealed extremely alarming statistics about death rates among children who have been in contact with specialist homelessness services over the last decade to 2023.
August 1, 2025
Homelessness Australia is issuing a stark warning to the federal government about a surge in families losing their homes, and the serious threat it poses to national productivity ahead of the Federal Government’s upcoming roundtable.
August 1, 2025
Homelessness Australia and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association (NATSIHA) are warning First Nations families are being left behind, as new analysis reveals a surge in the number of Indigenous adults and children turning to homelessness services.
July 22, 2025
As the 48th Parliament sits for the first time, a new snapshot analysis published today by Homelessness Australia reveals that there was an alarming 20% spike in women and girls who were already homeless when seeking help over the term of the last government.
June 16, 2025
New report reveals 5.6 million homes at bushfire risk, nearly 1 million at flood risk, and 23,000 people displaced annually as Australia’s housing system nears collapse
May 21, 2025
Homelessness Australia is urging federal and state governments to act on the latest findings from the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council's State of the Housing System 2025 report, which revealed households are under growing pressure, with increasing rental stress, and a sharp rise in people stuck in rental stress for over two years, and social housing as a proportion of all housing continuing to decline.
March 25, 2025
Homelessness Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s inclusion of $6.2 million in homelessness peak body funding over three years in the Federal Budget. Beyond the budget, Homelessness Australia urges all parties contesting the election to commit to the reforms and investment needed to drive down homelessness, and to better enable homelessness services to respond to increasing homelessness in our community.
March 20, 2025
Homelessness Australia welcomes the Greens’ plan to end homelessness by investing in 50,000 ongoing Housing First tenancies, and increased funding for social housing and homelessness services.
March 6, 2025
Homelessness Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of $6.2 million in peak body funding over 3 years that will enable critical advocacy, research and support for the homelessness sector to continue.
March 6, 2025
Homelessness Australia, and the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA), have strongly endorsed the Australian Government's launch of $1 billion to address critical gaps in crisis housing for young people experiencing homelessness, and women and children fleeing family violence, through the National Housing Infrastructure Facility Crisis and Transitional Housing (NHIF CT) program.
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