Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 08 Aug 2023

SOURCE: Rhyll Montgomery – Barwon Homelessness Network Community Awareness raising event at 111-113 Little Malop Street Geelong. People are invited to come in, speak with a homelessness worker, fold a paper house and sign a letter to the Minister for Housing – Colin Brooks calling for a pipeline of public and community houses.

Thank you to the Barwon Homelessness Network (BHN) members that were able to attend the ‘houses at parliament’ event on the 2nd August to highlight the 6,000 paper houses as a representation of the homes needed to house the 60,000 households currently on the Victorian Housing Register and to call for a national housing and homelessness strategy. You can listen to the SBS News report of the event ‘The trauma of hidden homelessness’.

 

Congratulations to all that have folded a house for the campaign –here are some photos of the event and media coverage from the day!

 

News:

Colac Herald- 2 August- Origami spreads word

ABC News- 8 August- The social housing waitlist has 175,000 people on it and waiting is ‘soul-destroying’

ABC News- 7 August- Housing for Australians over the age of 50 in the spotlight as regional areas seek solution

ABC News- 7 August- Landlord’s frustration at bad tenants as industry warns against rental caps, freezes

ABC News- 4 August- Gippsland family says flat pack bungalow helped daughter study, eased crowding at home

ABC News- 6 August- South-east Queensland is growing up- literally. But can the government’s housing plan get past our ‘fear of density’

SBS News- 2 August- Scale of national homelessness crisis on display

ABC News- 31 July – Solar panels on established public housing could save eager tenants like Dianne more than $500 a year

ABC News- 31 July- Caravan stay proposed to be extended as Great Ocean Road businesses spend big to house staff

ABC News- 3 August- Port Fairy school enrolments drop as rising houses prices force families out of tourist town

ABC News- 3 August- Experts highlight barriers to mental health support as major factor in youth homelessness  

ABC News- 31 July – Geelong choir proving music and community are an antidote to loneliness

AHURI – 31 July – Understanding the housing policy levers of Commonwealth, state and territory, and local government

The fifth estate- 24 July- Unaffordable housing- it’s the politics, stupid!

Training/Resources/Reports:

Equity Economics– Double Return: How investing in social housing can address the growing homelessness crisis and boost Australia’s economic recovery

Mission Australia’s Homelessness and Stable Housing Impact Report 2023- A safe place to call home

MARAM Collaborative Practice Training- SAFV Centre

MH Vic- Training calendar Semester One

Council to Homeless Persons – SHS Learning Hub

AAEH- Australian Alliance to End Homelessness

Webinars/Events:

VCOSS recordings of webinars on Renters Rights Rundown: Making sense of evictions

Exploring Barwon: BATForce/Co +chat – How agencies can use the co-designed virtual support boards on 24th August at 2.00pm

Conferences/Grants/Submissions:

Engage- Submissions to National Housing and Homelessness Plan are open and will close on 22nd September. National Housing and Homelessness Plan Issues Paper

Youth Foundations petition to develop a standalone national strategy to end child and youth homelessness

National Housing Conference 2023 AHURI in Brisbane on 10-12 October

Previous news updates…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 7 February 2025

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 7 February 2025

SOURCE: Homelessness Australia -29 January- Government’s commitment to address disability and homelessness an important step  Please join our petition to the City of Greater Geelong. There are over 7,000 households on priority applications on the Victorian Housing...

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 21 January 2025

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 21 January 2025

SOURCE: The Guardian- 20 Jan- Almost 1,500 homeless Australians die prematurely each year. This family hopes the death of their loved one won’t be in vain   Please join our petition to the City of Greater Geelong. There are over 7,000 households on priority...

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 19 December 2024

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 19 December 2024

SOURCE: AIHW 2024 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 public and...

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