A home in Canberra will be refurbished to provide a safe, short-term home for young people in need of urgent support, thanks to funding in the upcoming ACT Budget and from the Rotary Club of Canberra, in association with the Youth Coalition of the ACT.
The Sudsy Challenge is about shining a light on homelessness and helping to break down the stigma associated with the everyday life of 116,000 Australians.
“We are asking Australians and New Zealanders to...
Ahead of the 2021-22 ACT Budget on 6 October, the ACT Government has announced a $26 million package to support the most vulnerable in the Canberra community during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak...
The ACT Government will spend $18 million over the next four years on homelessness, Rebecca Vassarotti, Minister for Homelessness and Housing Services stated.
Canberra may be one of the most affluent cities in Australia, but homelessness is on the rise in the ACT. Teenagers doss down on park benches. Down-and-outs huddle in their sleeping bags...
Around 25 people per day accessed homelessness support services at UnitingCare Canberra City’s Early Morning Centre (EMC) on 17-18 July, the opening weekend of its new seven-day-a-week operations.
The Street Law program and McKillop House, a women’s shelter run by CatholicCare, have come together to provide free legal help for homeless women in the ACT.
The outreach program is a six-month...
Homelessness is predicted to rise by 7.8% in the ACT this year, and housing stress will increase by 23.7%, according to new figures from Everybody’s Home.
Social housing and homelessness services were a key election platform for the ACT Greens, but after a parliamentary agreement promise and roadmap to increase supply and services, the over-whelmed sector has received...
The pre-budget spending announcements are coming thick and fast ahead of next Tuesday’s ACT Budget; with the government allocating homelessness services their first $2 million of a promised $18 million over the...
In 2019 after Sean’s third time experiencing homelessness, he became a vendor for The Big Issue and found a home.
From sleeping in a swag behind the Woden Hospital, Sean walked to his...
