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Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 2 June 2026

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 2 June 2026

Source:  CHP- Walk in Her Shoes – exhibition and community forum Geelong 10 June 6.30-8.30pm News: ABC News- 27 May-  Rental crisis leaving domestic violence victim-survivors in unsafe homes, advocates warn ABC News- 27 May-  Government pitches largest overhaul to…

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Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 12 May 2026

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 12 May 2026

Source: Homelessness Australia- 11 May- Budget backs young people with nowhere to live News: ABC News- 7 May-  Push to double Labor’s $10 billion housing fund as demand soars for social housing ABC News- 5 May-  Mid West housing provider says it can help boost WA’s public supply ABC News- 5 May- …

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 27 April 2026

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 27 April 2026

Source:  CHP ‘Walk in Her Shoes’ – Exhibition and Forum – the  Forum  on 10 June 6.30- 8.30pm at Wurriki Nyal Civic Precinct (137-149 Mercer Street) Geelong (see WIHS flyer below for further details) News: CHIA Vic- 25 April-  Boost to social homes to help thousands ABC News- 27 April-  Victorian…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 02 April 2026

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 02 April 2026

Source:   Everybody’s Home –  email your MP (2min) to support a fairer housing system News: The Guardian- 17 March-  Labor appears set to reform capital gains tax discount after parliamentary inquiry findings ABC News- 25 March-  Young, unhoused — but hopeful: Ambitions for life beyond…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 10 March 2026

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 10 March 2026

Source:  Homelessness Australia- February 2026-  Federal Budget Submission The Barwon & South West Local Government Area Homelessness Snapshots are available as download below. Please consider putting the infographic up in your workplace and sending onto your networks?   News: ABC News- 3…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 25 February 2026

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 25 February 2026

Source: AHURI- Trauma on the frontline: protecting housing and homelessness workers News: The Conversation- 17 Feb-  55,000 extra social housing homes are being built. But a new study shows that boom still falls short The Guardian- 15 Feb-‘ Everybody knows my number’: the refugee helping migrant…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 5 February 2026

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 5 February 2026

Source: Homes Vic   Ministerial Homelessness Reform Advisory Group (MHRAG) News: ABC News- 5 Feb-  Capital gains tax reform among options as Labor weighs housing pitch ABC News- 1 Feb-  Canberra public housing tenants’ human rights were breached by plans to move them The Guardian- 31 Jan-  ‘I…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 25 September 2025

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 25 September 2025

Source:  Council to Homeless Persons News: ABC News- 23 September-  Byron Bay’s 60-day holiday rental cap yields mixed results in first year ABC News- 10 September-  Potential high-rise apartment locations in Melbourne’s suburbs mapped ABC News- 22 September-  Short term towns The Guardian- 15…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 4 September 2025

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 4 September 2025

Source:   Homelessness Australia News: ABC News- 4 September-  Melbourne ‘affordable’ housing tenants face 17 per cent rent increase The Guardian- 25 August-  Housing is a human right, not a business activity. It’s time for Australia’s laws to reflect that ABC News- 27 August-  City of Moreton Bay…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 14 August 2025

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 14 August 2025

Source: Sacred Heart College News  Edition 4 Join Our Petition! Please join our petition to the  City of Greater Geelong. There are over 7,000 households on priority applications on the Victorian Housing Register (VHR) in the Barwon broadbands. This petition is to support the urgency of building…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 30 July 2025

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 30 July 2025

Source: Victorian Homelessness Network –  Houses at Parliament Join Our Petition! Please join our petition to the  City of Greater Geelong. There are over 7,000 households on priority applications on the Victorian Housing Register (VHR) in the Barwon broadbands. This petition is to support the…