Barwon Homelessness Network Update – 31 August 2022

SOURCE: 2022 VCOSS Victorian Election Platform

News:

The Conversation- 24^th August- How 5 key tenancy reforms are affecting renters and landlords around Australia

Geelong Times – 19^th August- Rent stress hits worrying peak

The AGE- 16^th August- ‘A bad dream’: Documentary shows how some older women end up homelesss

ABC News- 22^nd August- Victorian Pride Lobby calls on Real Estate Institute of Victoria to tackle LGBTIQ+ housing discrimination

ABC News- 14^th August- New mobile clinic to treat homeless with chronic health problem’s who are living on Sydney’s streets

The Guardian- 8^th August- Federal Minister urges Australians to help tackle homelessness ‘in their back yards’

The Guardian- 1^st August- Sole parents like myself are facing homelessness. It’s time our PM realized this is not the Australia he grew up in.

The Guardian- 3^rd August- Labor’s housing minister vows to do more to fix homelessness as ‘serious’ crisis spreads

The Conversation- 19^th August– ‘We’ve done all the right things’: in Under Cover, older women tell their stories of becoming homeless

The Sydney Morning Herald- 11^th August- Leanne Gray has worked for 35 years. Now she can’t find a rental and lives in an unheated ‘tin can’.

ABC News- 17^th August- NRAS tenants face rising rents as affordable rental scheme winds down

ABC News- 19^th August- Older Australians caught in pincer grip of rising rents and dwindling incomes

ABC News- 29^th August– Homeless people living in Victoria park face eviction after council has land rezoned

Training/Resources/Reports:

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

AHURI- Housing First: An evidence review of implementation, effectiveness and outcomes– August

Residential Tenancies, Housing and Social Services Regulation Amendment Bill introduced 19^th August

Victorian Government launches Victorian Youth Strategy 2022-2027 ‘Our promise, Your Future’

Give Where You Live – Money Talks

SAFV Centre- Trauma- The Body and the Brain modules over August and September $99

Lessons in Disaster online training by Gender and Disaster Australia ($50)-1^st September

NDIS- Plan implementation directory

MH Vic- Training calendar

Council to Homeless Persons – SHS Learning Hub

Australian Alliance to End Homelessness- training sessions including VI-SPDAT

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 August

Working with Borderline Personality Disorder: From Foundations to Practice – FRMP- 14^th &16^th September in Melbourne

FRMP Brokerage – guidelines and application process

Conferences/Grants/Submissions:

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

16 Days of Activism against Gender – Based Violence grants open from 4^th July join the Support Bulletin for find out more