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:
The Guardian- 19 April- Melbourne nurse Sarah is trying to save for a home near work- neither party’s housing plan will get her any closer
ABC News- 17 April – Housing advocates seek federal funding election promise for co-op model
ABC News- 15 April- These charts show how quickly rents have outpaced incomes across Australia
Inside Story- 15 April- The Coalition makes the case for negative gearing reform
ABC News- 15 April- Apollo Bay locals fear a lack of affordable camping sites is pushing tourists away
ABC News- 10 April – Labor requests to break election rules to continue approving housing projects before election
ABC News- 6 April- On the trail of a suspected NDIS fraudster, we found the people left behind
ABC News- 9 April- City of Moreton Bay throws homeless people’s tents into garbage trucks
Training/Resources/Reports:
MCM & Orygen- April- Home in Mind: Improving mental health support for young people experiencing homelessness
Homes Vic- Homelessness Sector update from the Executive Director
Homes Vic- Ministerial Homelessness Reform and Advisory Group Communique
South West: MARAM Collaborative Practice Training online 27 &28 May (9.30-12.30 both days)
ACOSS- Policy priorities Federal Election 2025
AHURI- Modelling landlord behaviour and its impact on rental affordability: insights across two decades
Sacred Heart Mission J2SI- Outcomes of the Journey to Social Inclusion Phase 2 study
Homelessness Australia – Fixing Australia’s homelessness emergency Election 2025
Where You Can Eat – Feed Geelong
Council to Homeless Persons – SHS Learning Hub
Webinars/Events:
Exploring Barwon: Empowering Minds Together- Geelong Peer led Mental Health and Wellbeing Services on 30 April 11-11.45 register here
Community Workers can book a session with Tenants Victoria on tenancy laws and related matters
Conferences/Grants/Submissions/Petitions:
ANROWS Conference 2025 Listen, learn, act – centring children and young people to end violence on 14-16 May
Victorian Youth Homelessness Assembly hosted by CHP on 29 & 30 April (early bird closes 21 March)
National Homelessness Conference- Homelessness Australia June 17-19 on the Gold Coast
Barwon South West Homelessness Network- Increase public and community housing sign the petition
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