Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 24 May 2023

SOURCE: DVA Foundation LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day 28th May toolkit

 

News:

The Conversation- 11th May- Why local councils are the missing link in Australia’s efforts to end homelessness

The Conversation- 12th May- Older people who are homeless need better access to hospice and palliative care

The Guardian- 23 May– ‘At the brink’: international students in Australia are ending up homeless and hungry

ABC News- 22 May– Buy now, pay later services will be considered credit products by the end of the year. Here’s how it will work.

ABC News- 24 May- Behind the scenes of Australia’s rental crisis: How decisions are made by landlords and property managers about what you pay

ABC News- 17 May- Four ways to bring down rent and build homes faster than Labor’s $10 billion housing fund

ABC News- 16 May- Federal MP Libby Coker raises concerns of ‘mismanagement’ at Geelong City Council amid funding cuts to public services

ABC News- 16 May- Sunshine Coast Council to speed plans for up to 100 affordable rental properties as crisis mounts

ABC News- 16 May- Australians relying on cheaper food to feed themselves amid cost of living crisis

The Guardian- 10 May- We are still on a path to widening inequality when it comes to housing. The budget doesn’t change that

ABC- 9 May- Program to help young renters move out of home

ABC News- 13 May- Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner proposes moving homeless population to federal-owned Pinkenba COVID facility

Training/Resources/Reports:

Everybody’s Business- What local government can do to end homelessness by Leanne Mitchell

DVA Foundation LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day 28th May toolkit

Housing First train the trainer program through Homelessness Australia applications close on 16th June

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:

Flat Out and Safe & Equal- Resisting systemic collusion working with criminalized victim-survivors 25th May 10-12pm

Conferences/Grants/Submissions:

National Child and Youth Homelessness Conference on the 5th and 6th June

Previous news updates…

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...

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 21 November 2024

Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 21 November 2024

SOURCE: Impact Economics and Policy and Homelessness Australia 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...

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...

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