Source:   ABC News- 1 July – Is anyone happy with Australia’s housing market? A new film asks the question News: ABC News- 13 July-  Four Corners analysed ‘affordable’ rental listings. We found a reality that didn’t match the promise Victorian Government- 25 June- …

Source: Barwon Homelessness Forum flyer (further details attached) News: Premier of Victoria- 10 June-  Lower Rents, Longer Leases For Victorian Families ABC News- 4 June-  Left Behind inquiry in Victoria finds child protection demand putting young people at risk ABC News- 6 June-  Victorian…

Source:  CHP- Walk in Her Shoes – exhibition and community forum Geelong 10 June 6.30-8.30pm News: ABC News- 27 May-  Rental crisis leaving domestic violence victim-survivors in unsafe homes, advocates warn ABC News- 27 May-  Government pitches largest overhaul to unemployment system in decades…

Source: Homelessness Australia- 11 May- Budget backs young people with nowhere to live News: ABC News- 7 May-  Push to double Labor’s $10 billion housing fund as demand soars for social housing ABC News- 5 May-  Mid West housing provider says it can help boost WA’s public supply ABC News- 5 May- …

Source:  CHP ‘Walk in Her Shoes’ – Exhibition and Forum – the  Forum  on 10 June 6.30- 8.30pm at Wurriki Nyal Civic Precinct (137-149 Mercer Street) Geelong (see WIHS flyer below for further details) News: CHIA Vic- 25 April-  Boost to social homes to help thousands ABC News- 27 April-  Victorian…

Source:   Everybody’s Home –  email your MP (2min) to support a fairer housing system News: The Guardian- 17 March-  Labor appears set to reform capital gains tax discount after parliamentary inquiry findings ABC News- 25 March-  Young, unhoused — but hopeful: Ambitions for life beyond…

Source:  Homelessness Australia- February 2026-  Federal Budget Submission The Barwon & South West Local Government Area Homelessness Snapshots are available as download below. Please consider putting the infographic up in your workplace and sending onto your networks?   News: ABC News- 3…

Source: AHURI- Trauma on the frontline: protecting housing and homelessness workers News: The Conversation- 17 Feb-  55,000 extra social housing homes are being built. But a new study shows that boom still falls short The Guardian- 15 Feb-‘ Everybody knows my number’: the refugee helping migrant…

Source: Homes Vic   Ministerial Homelessness Reform Advisory Group (MHRAG) News: ABC News- 5 Feb-  Capital gains tax reform among options as Labor weighs housing pitch ABC News- 1 Feb-  Canberra public housing tenants’ human rights were breached by plans to move them The Guardian- 31 Jan-  ‘I…

Source:  Council to Homeless Persons News: ABC News- 23 September-  Byron Bay’s 60-day holiday rental cap yields mixed results in first year ABC News- 10 September-  Potential high-rise apartment locations in Melbourne’s suburbs mapped ABC News- 22 September-  Short term towns The Guardian- 15…

Source:   Homelessness Australia News: ABC News- 4 September-  Melbourne ‘affordable’ housing tenants face 17 per cent rent increase The Guardian- 25 August-  Housing is a human right, not a business activity. It’s time for Australia’s laws to reflect that ABC News- 27 August-  City of Moreton Bay…