Australia suffers from a widespread housing crisis. While there are multiple dimensions to our national housing disaster, putting a brake on evictions should be our first priority. Chris Povey with more.
Chief Executive of Hanover Welfare Services, Tony Keenan, discusses how the introduction of Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights has affected the way the organisation provides services to people experiencing homelessness.
What is a house? What is a home? Ben and Tracey, once homeless, are now in possession of their own homes. But a home is just one tiny part of what they need, writes Carlynne Nunn.
Soup Van: Stories Over A Polystyrene Cup provides a frank, raw and incredibly personal look at homelessness. Read Sonia Nair’s review and an emotive excerpt from the book.
Chloe Potvin sheds light on the housing challenges female Indigenous prisoners face post-release.
Jessica Szwarcbord highlights the link between family violence and homelessness in the aim of reducing both.
Currently before the senate, the Homelessness Bill 2013 is the result of Kevin Rudd’s 2008 promise to halve the number of homeless Australians by 2020. The bill recognises the multifaceted nature of homelessness, writes Stephanie Murphy, but are these empty words?
In this guest editorial, James Farrell introduces us to August’s theme of homelessness – which has reached crisis proportions in Australia.
What does it say about Australia that 100,000 sleep rough every night? Tony Birch sheds some light on society’s invisible people.