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Currently over 120 000 Australians sleeping rough each night, but as the homelessness crisis continues to deepen nation-wide, metropolitan and regional suburbs are experiencing a vast range of impacts. So how can local councils respond to the issue and what role can they play in tackling the crisis at a local and broader level? A …
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“A catastrophe in housing provision for First Nations people” is how the leader of Victoria’s Peak Body to end homelessness, has described the situation in that/our state. The Council to Homelessness Persons is calling on the Victorian Government to make a commitment to build 60,000 public houses for Victoria’s homeless. Council CEO, Deborah Di Natale, …
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Over half a million low-income households in Australia are either experiencing homelessness, live in overcrowded homes or are spending over 30 percent of their income on rent – that’s according to a recent report, Quantifying Australia’s Unmet Housing Need: A national Snapshot. Here in South Australia over 7000 are without secure housing, and one local …
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The current cost-of-living crisis has stung millions, with over half of Australians feeling the pinch. According to a new report by Orange Sky, a not-for-profit organisation that provides free services to homeless people, 57% of the nations population are feeling extreme financial pressure. These huge numbers stretch throughout both men and women, Australian families with …
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As the country grapples with housing insecurity and homelessness, a new report reveals that youth are impacted disproportionately by the crisis. Today, Mission Australia released ‘The Unfair Divide’ youth homelessness survey showing 1 in ten people in both South Australia and across the nation, between the age of 15 to 19 years has experienced homelessness …
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Australia’s cost of living and housing crises are leading to an increase in people experiencing homelessness across the country. Homelessness Australia has revealed the number of people who are rough sleeping and subsequently reaching out for help has increased by 20 per cent. They also record that services can provide help to some individuals but …
Refugee advocates are urging the government to take the lives of asylum seekers more seriously. Social support for people seeking asylum was cut by 95 per cent, with successive Federal Governments forcing people seeking asylum further into poverty, sickness and homelessness. It comes as the Albanese government spent less than half of the nearly 37 …
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A coalition of over 80 national community organisations is urging the Federal Government to implement greater measures to tackle youth homelessness. New data has revealed over 37,000 children and young people approached homelessness services in the past year, with a staggering 44 percent of those youths remaining homeless. Image: Image Credit: Pexels / Keira Burton …
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