Rapidly rising rents are eating up the income support increases in the 2023 Budget. Having enough money to pay the rent is mission critical to people's ability to avoid or escape homelessness.

In #Budget2024 Government needs to #RaisetheRate

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Rising rents and inadequate income support are driving increased homelessness. In #Budget2024 Government needs to #RaisetheRate theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/…

Great to see politicians acknowledge that we should aim to #endhomelessness

#qanda

Yes Rose Jackson - we need a doubling of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement to respond to need

Pretty excited to be on #qanda with these legends ⁦Deborah Di Natale⁩ Council to Homeless Persons⁩ ⁦Bevan Warner⁩ ⁦LaunchHousing⁩
I hope I’ll be asking a question about #endinghomelessness

That's me talking about why children and young people need housing and support to thrive. And how we should make that happen!

Today, Homelessness Australia together with more than 80 other fabulous organisations launched the Home Time campaign to fix housing for young people. Read all about it at abc.net.au/news/2024-03-1…
#HomeTime #FixHousingForYoungPeople

Catch this story on AM ABC News about a surge in women and children ending up on the street or sleeping in cars after fleeing violence. We hope the imminent National Housing and Homelessness Plan includes the strategy and resources to fix this. #IWD2024 abc.net.au/listen/program…

Without pathways to safe housing women and children can’t be safe. This #IWD2024 we are calling for action on homelessness and housing funding abc.net.au/listen/program…

Very sad to hear of the passing of Senator Linda White Senator Linda White

She leaves a great legacy of higher wages for homelessness workers and funding to pay those wages through the Equal Remuneration Supplementation Fund. She was a great ally to our sector and we will miss her.

Great news that our advocacy with great allies Australian Services Union ACOSS CHIA National Shelter Council to Homeless Persons Homelessness NSW NT Shelter Shelter WA Shelter Tasmania Shelter SA ACT Shelter has resulted in Julie Collins guaranteeing federal homelessness funding will not decrease.

People are dying on our streets: of despair, of violence, or chronic untreated health conditions. Instead of urgent comprehensive action the Federal Government is planning to cut funding to homelessness services in #Budget2024 #SaveHomelessnessSupport theguardian.com/australia-news…

Heading to Canberra to talk about the need to not cut funding for homelessness services in #Budget2024 in the middle of a housing crisis. I sure hope I’m not doing this again next February - it’s getting old.
#ERO campaign - round 3!

Qld govt increase funding for specialist homelessness services by 20% (extra $72m) over next 18 months and will review the homelessness service system.

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We cannot keep forcing some people into homelessness & hunger, whilst we go ahead with the plan to spend billions in tax cuts for the wealthiest in the country #RaisetheRateforGood #Jobseeker ACOSS theguardian.com/business/2024/…

As the year ends we told ABC News about how 2023 has been the worst year yet for #homelessness .
More people not getting the help they need
A huge emotional toll on the workers who have to turn them away.
More funding needed SMHOW Homelessness Australia abc.net.au/news/2023-12-2…

This summer too many families are not camping for a holiday. They’re camping because they have no home. #Homelessness ‘is worse than it's ever been’. Homelessness Australia abc.net.au/listen/program… via ABC Australia

Or EVEN BETTER plow those resources into building enough social housing to provide homes for everyone who is homeless.
And crush poverty! And reduce overall rents even more. #BuildSocialHousing Brendan Coates theage.com.au/politics/victo…

These are devastating stories that too often result in children and young people becoming homeless, because families don’t get the support they need, and children need to leave the home. abc.net.au/news/2023-12-1…

Catch the story on ABC News TV today about #homelessness services not having enough capacity to respond to everyone who needs help. 80% of those turned away are women and children youtu.be/GouboVXU7Nw?si…