As CHP's CEO Deborah Di Natale told ABC News this week, extra funding for rental assistance programs is essential if Victoria is to address the soaring rates of employed people experiencing homelessness.

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A 2019 AHURI report found it highly likely that veterans disproportionately experience homelessness. Having served our country, don’t they deserve better? The answer is the same as for all homelessness: better funded prevention & more social housing.

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Women accounted for more than 70% of the 12,000 employed Victorians seeking homelessness assistance last year. 'They're the first group to feel the effect of Victoria's homelessness crisis as it enters a whole new level,' CHP's Deputy CEO Tom Johnson told ABC RN Drive.

Victoria is in a #HomelessnessCrisis . To end it, we need 60,000 more social homes built over the next decade. There's no time left to wait - this Vic Budget, the government must invest $20 billion to build 24,000 more social homes over the next 4 years.
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Having a job is no longer a protective factor from homelessness

Disturbing data from Council to Homeless Persons

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New report from Council to Homeless Persons 'Employed and at Risk: The New Face of Homelessness in Victoria' shows a 14% jump in the number of employed people seeking help from homelessness services
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3,800 Victorians sleeping rough are persistently homeless. Housing First is well established as the best practice model to provide the housing & support needed so they can live well in the community. We know the answer. This Budget, the Government needs to grow Housing First.

Some incredibly powerful words were shared yesterday at the 18th birthday party for Victoria's now completely out of date #youthhomelessness strategy. Here are just a few, from Melbourne City Mission (MCM)'s Shorna Moore and lived experience advocate Imogen Johnstone.

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Victoria's youth homelessness strategy is now so old, it would turn 18 this year. So we threw it a birthday party yesterday, for #YouthHomelessnessMattersDay .

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Today is Youth Homelessness Matters Day - and while youth homelessness matters every day, today's a vital reminder of the importance of our state (& country) having an effective system to support young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. #youthhomelessness #VicBudget

Our Policy & Advocacy Manager Damien Patterson chatted with JOY Media's Saturday Magazine about CHP's budget call for safer housing solutions for transgender and gender-diverse Victorians experiencing homelessness. Have a listen!

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''Our team is having to deliver a very harsh reality to consumers on a daily basis: if you've just become homeless and can't access a rental, you'll wait years for social housing,' one frontline worker said.'
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