Homelessness in the news – 2015 - StreetSmart Australia

Homelessness in the news – 2015

Read, listen to and watch more about homelessness.

Link	Source	Date
Spike in first time homelessness as property prices pinch: Vinnies	SMH	2015-06-19
12-year-olds diverted from foster care to refuges: youth welfare advocate	SMH	2015-06-14
Why should we care about society's outcasts?	The Age	2015-06-05
The Melbourne teenager going to school while living under a bridge	The Age	2015-06-03
Experimental Victorian scheme could virtually eradicate homelessness	The Guardian	2015-04-30
Home isn't a refuge for domestic violence victims	SMH	2015-04-23
Homeless men missing out on crisis accommodation, agency says	ABC News	2015-04-01
Australia risks generation of homeless older women says social commentator	ABC Sunshine Coast	2015-03-31
Chronic homeless at risk of premature death get help from Street to Home project	The Age	2015-03-29
How Giving Homes To The Homeless Reduces Homelessness	Huffington Post	2015-03-28
Foster care, support programs for young people should extend until age of 21, Anglicare says	ABC Radio Australia	2015-03-28
Rooming house families	ABC Lateline	2015-03-17
Homelessness & older women: The accumulation of a lifetime of inequality	Women's Agenda	2015-03-16
How funding changes in NSW locked women out of domestic violence refuges	The Guardian	2015-03-09
Left in harm's way	Background Briefing	2015-03-08
More than 1000 homeless children in Bendigo	ABC	2015-02-23
Our shelters for domestic violence victims are in crisis	Daily Life	2015-02-19
The evidence supports specialist refuges for domestic violence	The Conversation	2015-02-18
The cost of youth homelessness	ABC AM	2015-02-17
Violence in family home triggers youth homelessness	The Age	2015-02-16
New report: Australia needs to radically rethink its housing policy for ageing population	SMH	2015-01-29
Northern beaches facing rise in homeless teens, and hidden problem predicted to worsen	Daily Telegraph	2015-01-28
Homeless women in Melbourne raped and abused by men who offer shelter	The Guardian	2015-01-27
Fears family violence royal commission and cuts will spark homelessness crisis	The Guardian	2015-01-21
Homelessness in Queensland: a fight for survival	ABC	2015-01-16
Homelessness a year-round issue	The Age	2015-01-01

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