Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 21 January 2025

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 public and community housing, as housing ends homelessness. The Barwon Homelessness Network is seeking your support. Will you sign this petition?

News:  

Homes Victoria- update from the Ministerial Advisory Group 

The Guardian- 2 Jan- Centrelink payments increase, passport fees up, import bans and pay rises: all the changes in Australia on 1 January  

Premier of Victoria- 3 Jan- More Support to break the cycle of homelessness 

ABC – 5 Jan- How the housing crisis is pushing domestic violence victims back to perpetrators  

The Guardian- 2 Jan- Falling house prices and drop in Victorian rental numbers could mark rise of owner- occupiers  

Geelong Times- 6 Jan- Program seeks funding to make it mainstream 

ABC News- 8 Jan- Victoria’s Big Housing Build is tipping $5.3bn into social accommodation – not everyone’s happy with where’s its going 

Training/Resources/Reports: 

DFFH Annual Report 2023-2024 report (Pg 121) shows increase in social housing stock  

Where You Can Eat – Feed Geelong   

Council to Homeless Persons – SHS Learning Hub  

AAEH- Australian Alliance to End Homelessness  

Safe+Equal – training calendar  

Webinars/Events:  

Barwon MARAM Collaborative Practice Training 4& 5 Feb 9.30-12.30 

South West MARAM Collaborative Practice Training 25&26 Feb 9.30-12.30 

Conferences/Grants/Submissions/Petitions: 

Walter & Eliza Hall Trust – grant programs  

The Jack Brockhoff Foundation – Bold Futures – Project Grants open in December   

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

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 – 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...

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 5 December 2024

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 5 December 2024

SOURCE: Home Time campaign 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...

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