Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 12 October 2022

SOURCE: ABC 4 corners

 

News:

The AGE- 9th October- Housing scheme to help most vulnerable deserves long-term support

The AGE- 9th October- Knowing rough sleepers by name key to solving street homelessness

The AGE- 7th October- Will the political will to end rough sleeping be sustained beyond the pandemic?

The Premier of Victoria- 4th October- Landmark Housing And Jobs Boost in Regional Victoria

The Guardian- 2nd October- Victorians escaping family violence waiting six months longer for public housing

The AGE- 2nd October- Vulnerable women and children waiting longer than ever for housing

ABC News- 6th October- Transgender people often face homelessness. This is how April Young became a home owner

ABC News- 3rd October- Kaila was forced to live in a motel with her two kids. The rental crisis made her homeless

ABC News- 28th September- Rising Goulburn and Murray rivers force homeless campers from their tents

ABC News- 4th October- More affordable housing coming for regional Victoria as government commits $219 million to new builds

The Conversation- 22nd September- ‘We haven’t built it, and they’ve come’: the e-change pressures on Australia’s lifestyle towns

The Guardian- 13th September- ‘The scariest thing is insecurity’: Australia’s renters over 50 fear uncertain future, report shows

The Guardian- 27th September- ‘A social calamity’: record-high rents push tenants across Australia to breaking point

ABC News- 30th September- Productivity Commission suggests redirecting support from first home buyers to people facing homelessness

The Standard- 30th September – $2.35M plan to build worker housing to create 50 jobs

 

State Election Platforms:

Council to Homeless Persons here

Community Housing Industry Association Victoria (CHIA Vic) here

Safe + Equal here

Barwon Homelessness Network (attached)

South West Homelessness Network (attached)

Training/Resources/Reports:

A Home of One’s Own – Philanthropic & social sector solutions for women’s housing– October 2022

Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Annual Report 2020-2021

Productivity Report- In need of repair: The National Housing and Homelessness Agreement- study report- September 2022

Homelessness Australia- Housing First Principles for Australia webinar series begins 11th October

Q Shelter- Go For Gold – A social inclusion legacy for the 2032 Olympic & Paralympic Games

Residential Tenancies, Housing and Social Services Regulation Amendment Bill 2022

AIHW- August- Family, domestic and sexual violence: National data landscape 2022

Everybody’s Home- September – Housing Critical- The role of housing in solving critical skills shortages across the regions

Give Where You Live – Money Talks

NDIS- Plan implementation directory

MH Vic- Training calendar

Council to Homeless Persons – SHS Learning Hub

Unhoused – campaigning for safe homes for Australian women

AAEH- Australian Alliance to End Homelessness

Transgender Victoria – training

 

Webinars/Events:

Homelessness Australia – webinar series on housing first principles over the month of October

FRMP Brokerage – guidelines and application process

MCM FRMP- Youth Centred, Family Focused Interventions. Exploring what it takes. One day forum on the 8th November

National Shelter- Sector briefing: Productivity Commission Review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement– 17th October 11.30-12.30

Conferences/Grants/Submissions:

Mercy Foundation- Grants to end homelessness

Australian Zero Homelessness Summit– 26th to 28th October in Brisbane $286

Costa Grant round open until 26th October

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