A new Victorian program is a positive step forward in the state’s battle against rough sleeping.
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A new flu jab offer for homeless people arrives just as the NHS bodies meant to deliver outreach face cuts and restructuring.
Being moved out of area can have profound effects on households.
People living on the streets often have no GP and struggle with unmet health needs.
The question isn’t whether ending rough sleeping is desirable or achievable, it’s why previous attempts have collapsed.
The government’s homelessness strategy has some positives – but ‘business as usual’ is a false economy.
It’s important that policies work for the people who need them, without wasting money on untested approaches.
A new study has revealed how many homes would be needed to end rough sleeping in three major Australian cities – and the costs.
With few protections under the Residential Tenancy Act, LGBTIQ+ people in flatting situations face uncertainty and potential homelessness, according to new research.
Over the years, parts of the act have been repealed, though statutes covering “sleeping out” and begging are still in effect.
Some courts in Canada are making it possible for people to safely camp in public areas.
The wide-ranging bill deals with police powers, antisocial behaviour, deepfake pornography and much more.
The absence of data concerning homeless populations is not a new phenomenon. It underlines the wider invisibility of the unhoused.
The main driver of homelessness in Australia is housing costs – post-COVID rents, house prices and interest rates are all much higher. To house everyone, the housing system needs a major overhaul.
New statistical analysis shows that ethnicity, migration background and discrimination increase a person’s risk of homelessness.
Governments acted swiftly to reduce homelessness during the pandemic. Their actions could tell us how to end it permanently.
More people than expected needed help, and the states have found stable housing for less than a third of rough sleepers who were put up in hotels. A hands-off federal government simply isn’t helping.
Australia found shelter for more than 33,000 rough sleepers and other homeless people during the pandemic, but a coming surge in homelessness demands a comprehensive national housing strategy.
Pandemic is once in a generation opportunity to help homeless people stay off the streets for good – we must not waste this.
There are record numbers of rough sleepers in some cities, yet the most common approaches adopted at tackling it are ineffective.
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Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Professor of Housing and Social Inclusion, Nottingham Trent University
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Reader in Social Policy, Nottingham Trent University
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Honorary Fellow in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Research Associate, International Public Policy Observatory, UCL
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Lecturer in Law and Co-director Liverpool European Law Unit, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor & Associate Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professorial Fellow, Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE), Heriot-Watt University
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Lecturer, Advertising and Media, Western Sydney University
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Research associate, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Policy, King's College London
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Research Fellow, School for Government, King's College London
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology