Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 01 May 2024

SOURCE:  APO- Anglicare Australia rental affordability snapshot: national report 2024

 

News:

The Guardian- 30 April- Victorian Greens shape up for housing fight over Labor’s proposed Airbnb levy

ABC News- 29 April- Renters are becoming more aware of rights, but it can mean long waits at tribunal- and not always winning

ABC News- 28 April- Deaths of dozens of Australian women this year trigger mass protests across the country

ABC News- 28 April- Housing density has surged across Australia’s cities, yet home prices keep hitting fresh records

ABC News – 28 April- Victorian government unveils plans to build more than 70,000 homes above Suburban Rail Loop precinct

ABC News- 28 April- Sleeping pods for homeless people sitting empty at Launceston storage facility

ABC News- 26 April- Raise JobSeeker by $17 a day, advisory committee tells government

ABC News- 27 April- Donations to regional clothing initiative dry up as retail sector struggles in Victoria

ABC News- 26 April- Labor’s Barwon South MP Darren Cheeseman accused of inappropriate behaviour

ABC News- 26 April- More than 43,000 kids under 10 seek homelessness support a year- what’s being done for them?

ABC News- 25 April- Domestic violence commissioner calls national roundtable to assess number of women’s deaths, says conversation is shifting

The Conversation- 24 April- Our housing system is broken and the poorest Australians are being hardest hit

ABC News- 24 April- Rent bidding is still occurring despite promised crackdowns across Australia

The Guardian- 23 April – ‘Finding it impossible’: homelessness services see 14% jump in employed Victorians seeking help

The Guardian- 19 March– Victoria under pressure to mandate reporting of homelessness deaths

ABC News- 22 April- Small- town shame preventing loved ones of people battling addictions from getting support

ABC News- 20 April– Jacinda Ardern slashed negative gearing in NZ. The new government has brought it back

ABC News- 24 April- Tiny homes to help ease national housing crisis in councils’ spotlight with development consent relaxed

 

Training/Resources/Reports:

Victorian Government- Update from your new Social Services Regular

Tenants Victoria- Make Social Housing Work

Council to Homeless Persons – SHS Learning Hub

AAEH- Australian Alliance to End Homelessness

Webinars/Events:

Homelessness Australia- Holistic responses to homeless young people -3 May 2.45-3.45pm

Homelessness Australia – Dependence and autonomy– 9 May 12.30-1.30pm

Conferences/Grants/Submissions/Petitions:

No to Violence National Conference 2-5 September Melbourne

AHURI- Australian Homelessness Conference -13 and 14 August at the Adelaide Convention Centre

Everybody’s Home – People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis

Barwon South West Homelessness Network- Increase public and community housing sign the petition

Engage Victoria- Developing a Plan for Victoria– open until June. Housing is one of the four pillars- this is your chance show support for mandatory inclusionary zoning and 30% social housing on all government land.

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