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...
Orange Sky is calling on locals to step up and volunteer to run the charity’s mobile laundry and shower services for people experiencing homelessness in Canberra.
Operating in Canberra since April 2016,...
A new partnership between Havelock Housing Association and Meridian will address a gap in homelessness services for the sex and gender diverse community in Canberra.
A local volunteer will be donning the same orange T-shirt for at least three days next month, in a bid to raise awareness and start conversations about homelessness in the ACT and...
This year, Homelessness Week, comes in the midst of a recession and pandemic that’s wreaked havoc on both the health and financial wellbeing of many.
Canberrans who sought support for homelessness during the coronavirus were more likely now than before the pandemic to find temporary or permanent housing, due to an increase in government resources and a...
The ACT Government has today unveiled a new $3 million funding package to assist people facing homelessness or domestic and family violence by expanding the sector’s operational capacity.
Today, Wednesday 15 April, is Youth Homelessness Matters Day, which aims to raise awareness of the challenges that homeless young people experience.
Family conflict is the leading cause of youth homelessness – but...
