Tag: Homelessness
Can Australia end homelessness? Yes, we know how, but we must find the will to do it
Our governments now have all the evidence they need to end homelessness. The new National Housing and Homelessness Plan is an opportunity to put it into practice.
A new bill is proposing a human right to housing. How would this work?
Progress on housing policy has been patchy, in part because there’s no national plan guiding efforts to address homelessness. A bill currently in front of parliament could fix this.
Interim housing isn't just a roof and four walls. Good design is key to getting people out of homelessness
It takes time to make more affordable long-term housing options available. So what can be done in the meantime? We can start by prioritising well-designed, supportive transitional housing.
Ageing in a housing crisis: growing numbers of older Australians are facing a bleak future
An ageing population is caught in a perfect storm of rising house prices and rents, falling home ownership rates, mortgage debt carried into retirement, insecure rentals and a lack of social housing.
Efforts to find safe housing for homeless youth have gone backwards. Here's what the new national plan must do differently
The last time an Australian government made housing the homeless a priority was 15 years ago. The Albanese government’s promised plan is a second chance to get it right by drawing on models that work.
'It's soul-destroying': how people on a housing wait list of 175,000 describe their years of waiting
People on the general waiting list can wait a decade to be housed. Even those on the priority list may wait years. Asked how the wait affects them, their responses reveal devastating impacts.
