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Library of homelessness news and reports
| Article Links | Source | Category | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POVERTY IN AUSTRALIA 2023: WHO IS AFFECTED | UNSW Sydney, ACOSS | Report, poverty, income support | 2023-03-22 |
| Homelessness up 22 per cent in Queensland, almost three times the national increase | ABC | QLD, housing crisis, rental affordability | 2023-03-20 |
| Women fleeing violence living on the streets, returning to abusers as shelters turn them away | ABC | Domestic and family violence, homelessness, rough sleeping | 2023-03-17 |
| Children are going hungry as cost of living crisis hits hard in Australia | ABC | Video, food security, hunger, youth, cost of living | 2023-03-14 |
| An extra $1.77 a day won’t stop people on JobSeeker from going hungry | ACOSS | Income support, cost of living, food insecurity | 2023-03-07 |
| 200 organisations call for action to stop cuts to homelessness help | Homelessness Australia | Funding, homelessness services | 2023-03-07 |
| Solving Australia's homelessness crisis needs more than housing. Compassion is essential too | ABC | Compassion, solving homelessness, lived experience | 2023-02-23 |
| Homelessness charity running low on tents and swags as cost of living hits hard in regional South Australia | ABC | Rough sleeping, SA, regional homelessness, cost of living | 2023-02-21 |
| Rent assistance reform needed as government stats reveal depth of crisis | ProBono Australia | Rental crisis, rent assistance, affordable housing | 2023-01-24 |
| In Australia’s severe rental crisis, asylum seekers are increasingly desperate for a place to live | The Guardian | Migrants, asylum seekers, housing insecurity, rental crisis | 2023-01-14 |
| Quantifying Australia’s unmet housing need: A regional snapshot | Community Housing Industry Association | Housing crisis, social and affordable housing | 2023-01-01 |
| ‘It’s hard coming home to a tent’: the rise of Australia’s working homeless | The Guardian | Rough sleeping, cost of living, rental crisis | 2022-12-17 |
| 270,000 Australians helped by homelessness services in 2021–22 | Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing | Australia, Report, Homelessness | 2022-12-08 |
| Country towns recording rises in homelessness | Sydney Morning Herald | Regional homelessness, country towns, cost of living, rental crisis | 2022-12-05 |
| Australian Homelessness Monitor 2022 | Launch Housing | Report, homelessness | 2022-12-05 |
| Country towns recording rises in homelessness | The Age | Homelessness, regional Australia | 2022-12-05 |
| Living in poverty during the pandemic | ABC | Radio, poverty inequality, COVID | 2022-12-02 |
| Australian experiences of Poverty | ACOSS, UNSW Sydney | Report, poverty, inequality, COVID | 2022-12-02 |
| Rental Affordability Index | SGS Economics and Planning | Report, rental affordability | 2022-11-29 |
| Highlights from the 2022 Youth Survey | Mission Australia | Report, youth, homelessness | 2022-11-20 |
| Only three per cent of housing needed for women’s safety was delivered | Homelessness Australia | Report, domestic and family violence, housing, women | 2022-11-25 |
| The homelessness crisis on the Mornington Peninsula is worsening | ABC News | VIC, cost of living, housing, rough sleeping | 2022-10-25 |
| One third of Australian households are experiencing food insecurity. Why are the numbers so high? | The Conversation | Food Insecurity, Hunger, Cost of living, Poverty | 2022-10-25 |
| Foodbank Hunger Report 2022 | Foodbank | Report, Poverty, Australia, Food insecurity | 2022-10-17 |
| A Snapshot of Poverty In Australia 2022 | ACOSS and UNSW | Report, Australia, Poverty | 2022-10-14 |
| How the pandemic triggered Australia's worst housing crisis | ABC | Housing Crisis, Rent, | 2022-09-24 |
| The role of housing in solving critical skill shortages | Impact Economics | Report, Australia, Rental Stress, Housing Affordability, Jobs | 2022-08-24 |
| "We've all done the right things" - why older women are facing homelessness | The Conversation | Older Women, Australia, Housing Crisis, Poverty | 2022-08-19 |
| Why Aboriginal homelessness needs a cultural approach | Parity Magazine | Indigenous | 2022-07-05 |
| Boosting housing access for ex-prisoners | The Guardian | VIC, Prisoners, Housing Affordability | 2022-07-04 |
| Violence or Poverty: the choice facing single mums escaping domestic violence | University of Technology, Sydney | Domestic and Family Violence, Single Parent, Australia, Report | 2022-07-01 |
| Young people kicked out of care at 18 | Crickey | Youth, State Care | 2022-06-28 |
| Elder Homelessness increases amid soaring rent | The Sydney Morning Herald | Housing Affordability, Older People, Cost of Living | 2022-06-26 |
| The changing face of homelessness in regional Australia | The Guardian | NSW, Cost of Living, Housing Crisis, Rough Sleeping, Regional | 2022-06-26 |
| Poverty can happen to anyone | The Guardian | Poverty, Cost of Living, Housing Crisis, Food Insecurity | 2022-06-16 |
| Rough sleeping on the rise - why Dave chose to return to the streets | The Sydney Morning Herald | Rough Sleeping, COVID-19, NSW | 2022-06-12 |
| The cost of not investing in public, social, and affordable housing | Housing All Australians | Report, Australia, Housing Crisis | 2022-06-01 |
| Australians with jobs turn to Foodbank for help | ABC | WA, Food Insecurity, Cost of Living | 2022-05-06 |
| Thousands call for homeless help, but phones ring out as staff are swamped | The Age | Affordable Housing, Victoria | 2022-04-27 |
| Youth Homelessness matters more than ever before | Youth Projects | Youth, LGBTQIA+ | 2022-04-26 |
| Single mum faces sleeping in car as housing crisis deepens | ABC | Regional Australia, VIC, Rough Sleeping, Single Parent | 2022-04-05 |
| Rental Affordability Snapshot | Anglicare Australia | Report, Australia, Rent, Affordable Housing | 2022-04-01 |
| Generations of housing neglect for remote Indigenous communities | ABC | Indigenous, NT, COVID-19, Public Housing | 2022-03-19 |
| The demand for long term housing for women experiencing domestic violence | Equity Economics | Domestic and Family Violence, Housing Crisis, Social Housing | 2021-07-01 |
| Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all | Scoop.me | Finland, Housing First, Rough Sleeping | 2020-11-10 |
| The answer to homelessness: more affordable homes | The Age | Australia, COVID-19, Rough Sleeping, Older People, Affordable Housing | 2020-10-20 |
| Amplify Insights: housing affordability and homelessness | Centre for Social Impact | Report, Australia | 2018-06-01 |
