News

4^th September 2012     NO EASY FIX FOR NATION'S HOMELESS: STUDY
by Pia Akerman - The Australian

THE price of taking rough sleepers off the streets can be up to double the cost of providing support to homeless people whose only refuge comes from emergency shelters, according to new research. more

4^th September 2012     HOW CAN ARCHITECTS, PLUMBERS, BUILDERS AND UNEMPLOYED CONTRIBUTE TO A HEALTHIER SOCIETY?
by Melissa Sweat - CROAKEY (the Crikey health blog)

A new group advocating for action on the social determinants of health has been established in Tasmania. more

3^rd September 2012     HISTORIC EQUAL REMUNERATION ORDER FOR HARD-WORKING COMMUNITY SECTOR WORKERS
by The Australian Government

About 150,000 of some of Australia’s lowest paid workers will benefit from regular pay rises totalling between 23 and 45 per cent from 1 December this year. more

3^rd September 2012     HOUSING SA WORKING WITH RENTAL AGENTS TO HOUSE ADELAIDE'S GROWING ARMY OF HOMELESS
by Lauren Novak, Political Reporter - News.Com.Au

PRIVATE landlords are being asked to more willingly rent properties to the homeless to get those sleeping rough off the streets. more

3^rd September 2012     NEW FUNDING FOR PACKAGE TO TACKLE FAMILY VIOLENCE
by Ted Baillieu - Premier & Mary Wooldridge - Minister for Mental Health; Women's Affairs & Community

The Victorian Coalition Government has today announced new measures to help protect and support women and children who have experienced family violence and sexual assault. more

3^rd September 2012     PUBLIC HOUSING NO LONGER NEEDS TO STAND OUT
by Simon Johanson - THE AGE

A MAJOR overhaul of Melbourne's run-down public-housing estates is transforming the way people live, reducing anti-social behaviour and regenerating neighbourhoods. more

3^rd September 2012     SPRINGBOARD PROGRAM

Springboard is a new program that is part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to improve life outcomes for young people leaving residential and Lead Tenant out-of-home care by providing access, opportunities and support to Education, Training and/or Employment pathways. The Program is currently seeking referrals. more

2^nd September 2012     MAPPING AND REVIEWING HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS
by Assoc. Professor Jo Baulderstone, Dr Eleanor Button, Flinders University

This research set out to answer what programs exist to support people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness; as well as exploring what does the evidence suggest works well for different groups and in what context(s)?. more

2^nd September 2012     HOMELESS FATHERS MISSING OUT ON SUPPORT: REPORT
by Radio Australia

The Federal Government has acknowledged it needs to provide better support services for single fathers who are homeless. more

2^nd September 2012     CALLS TO BOOST FUNDS TO EASE HOMELESSNESS
by 9 NEWS

A homelessness conference to be held in Melbourne this week will be told that urgent action is needed if Australia is to reach the government's 2013 target of reducing homelessness by 20 per cent. more

1^st September 2012     MOTHER’S KITCHEN - FREE LUNCH EVERY 1ST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE COLLINGWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE

On the first Saturday of every month some amazing mums serve a delicious, vegetarian and free lunch at the Collingwood Neighbourhood House (253 Hoddle St), with lots of activities for the kids as well. The next one will be on Saturday 1st September. more

31^st August 2012     INQUIRY INTO THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC COSTS OF PROBLEM GAMBLING - SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 31ST AUGUST 2012

On 14 June 2012, the Victorian Treasurer directed the Commission to undertake an inquiry into the social and economic costs of problem gambling in Victoria. The Commission has released an issues paper describing the scope of the inquiry, the information it is seeking, and outlining the process and timetable for the inquiry. more

31^st August 2012     HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS MINISTERS TO MEET IN PERTH TODAY
by The Australian Government

New research released ahead of today’s meeting of housing and homelessness ministers has highlighted the difficulty in accurately identifying what services exist for homeless Australians and whether they are effective or not. more

31^st August 2012     COAG SELECT COUNCIL ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
by COAG Communique

The COAG Select Council on Housing and Homelessness met on 31 August in Perth, Western Australia. In April 2012, the remit of the (then) Select Council on Homelessness was expanded to provide an integrated and holistic approach to the related policy areas of housing supply, social and affordable housing and homelessness. This was the first meeting of the Council under its new Ministerial Council arrangements. more

31^st August 2012     HOUSING CRISIS NEGATIVE GEARING
by BigPond News

Federal Housing and Homelessness Minister Brendan O'Connor has ruled out changes to negative gearing for property owners in the face of a housing affordability crisis. more

30^th August 2012     A 4-POINT PLAN TO FIX OUR HOUSING CRISIS
by YWCA Australia

Australians for Affordable Housing, a coalition of national housing, welfare and community sector organisations that includes YWCA Australia, is proposing a four point plan to address affordable housing in Australia that will deliver 30,000 new affordable housing units each year and lift 250,000 households out of housing stress over five years. more

30^th August 2012     YOUNG COUPLES FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HAVING KIDS OR BUYING A HOME, NEW REPORT SAYS
by Jessica Irvine, National Economics Editor - The Herald Sun

YOUNG couples are being forced to choose between having kids or buying a home to raise them in, a new report says. more

30^th August 2012     COAG HOUSING SUPPLY AND AFFORDABILITY REFORM REPORT RELEASED
by The Australian Government

Minister for Housing and Homelessness Brendan O’Connor today welcomed the release of a new report which recommends ways to enhance housing supply and affordability. more

30^th August 2012     CHP IN THE NEWS
by CHP

In August 2012, Jenny Smith was interviewed by Dr Joseph Gelfer, RMIT Publishing about Homelessness in Victoria. more

30^th August 2012     PEER EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAM (PESP)
by CHP

On 5 Sept PESP members Vicky Vacondios and Brian Moorshead will be presenting to second and third year students of Law, rights and social justice at Latrobe University, Bundoora, to inform their understanding of the lived experience of homelessness, family violence and socio-economic disadvantage. more