Homelessness
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Housing crisis
Why the cookie-cutter can’t solve Sydney’s housing crisis
Creating templated homes will degrade the suburbs further and leave councils and communities furious.
- by Tone Wheeler
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The areas first in line for Victoria’s new homelessness scheme
People at risk of sleeping rough in Melbourne’s north and west and on the eastern fringes will be among the first to access an overhauled homelessness-to-housing program.
- by Broede Carmody
Housing crisis relief on the way as Bentley community home green-lit
A WA church is using its vacant properties to help ease the state’s housing crisis, giving people without a chance of entering the rental market a fresh start.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Victoria has thousands of empty public housing dwellings
A new report also shows the state has only added about 300 new public homes in the past eight years.
- by Broede Carmody
Laundry charity scrubs up new permanent Brisbane base
A decade after Orange Sky hit the streets in a single van, the service will put a $3 million boon from the government towards its new base of international operations.
- by Courtney Kruk
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My neighbour took his life rather than face homelessness. Will Sydney bother to notice?
The last time anyone saw him, he was tearing the development notice off a wall by the lobby entrance and ripping it up in anger, frustration and despair.
- by Sue Williams
How Marija went from being homeless at 15 to a homeowner at 22
The dream of stable housing is growing further out of reach for many, but Marija’s dream last year became a reality.
- by Jim Malo
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Bondi Junction attack
Schizophrenia and homelessness can be a deadly combination
Homicide of strangers by people with schizophrenia is extremely rare, but we can reduce the risk by fixing our homelessness crisis.
- by Matthew Large and Olav Nielssen
‘People are being made homeless’: Melbourne rents soar to record high
Tenants report being evicted with nowhere else to go as Melbourne’s rental crisis deepens and queues form for available properties.
- by Jim Malo and Tawar Razaghi
‘He was there to learn not to be violent towards women, including me’
A Brisbane service is helping young people break the cycle of abuse. But extra funding is desperately needed before more people get hurt.
- by Courtney Kruk
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Victorian budget
Renowned homelessness scheme gutted with 1500 fewer people to benefit
The Allan government is set to slash funding for a program with proven success at getting people off the streets, despite a decline in the number of housing spots available for homeless Victorians over six months last year.
- by Broede Carmody