Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 15 Apr 2024

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News:

ABC News- 13 April- Adelaide’s CBD has lots of empty offices. Could adaptive reuse help ease a tight rental market?

The Conversation- 13 April- If you squat in a vacant property, does the law give you the house for free? Well sort of

ABC News- 12 April- Rally remembering Rebecca Young, Samantha Murphy and Hannah McQuire brings Ballarat community together

Domain – 11 April- ‘People are being made homeless’: Melbourne rents soar to record high

ABC News- 11 April- Australian renters face all- time high rents and record low vacancy rates after price jump in March quarter

The Guardian- 6 April– No family, no friends, no backups’: is moving to regional Australia really a fix for the housing crisis?

ABC News- 13 March– Victorian councils struggle to find solutions for rough sleepers in public spaces

ABC News- 23 March- REIQ chief Antonia Mercorella says Stage 2 Rental Law Reforms will harm landlord confidence

ABC News- 24 March- Push for federal  government to fund more Youth Foyers to address homelessness across Australia

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

ABC News- 26 March- The need for youth housing

Training/Resources/Reports:

Victorian Government- Update from your new Social Services Regular

Victorian Government- Make Safe: Guidance for services working with people living with hoarding and environmental neglect

Nous- A new model for youth housing in Australia

Tenants Victoria- Make Social Housing Work

Council to Homeless Persons – SHS Learning Hub

AAEH- Australian Alliance to End Homelessness

Webinars/Events:

Safe & Equal- Learn more about ‘Are you Safe at Home Day’ 17 April 12-1pm

Exploring Barwon- Addiction and Substance Misuse 23 April 1-2pm

VCOSS- Sector update with new Social Services Regulator 16 April 10-11am

Conferences/Grants/Submissions/Petitions:

Home in Mind: youth homelessness and mental health Workforce Survey

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

Yfoundations- Youth Homelessness Matters Day 17 April

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.

Previous news updates…

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 7 November 2024

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 7 November 2024

SOURCE: Homes Vic Regional Housing Fund 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...

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 24 October 2024

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 24 October 2024

SOURCE: ABC News- 17 October- The stereotype that single mothers are ‘leaning on the system’ is far from the truth. So why does it still exist? Please join our petition to the City of Greater Geelong. There are over 7,000 households on priority applications on the...

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 18 September 2024

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 18 September 2024

SOURCE: First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria – Treaty for Victoria 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...

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