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The new 24/7 State-wide telephone line for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to seek accommodation and support has been opened by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services.

CALL  1800 152 152

 

 

Homelessness prevention package in NSW welcomed

Friday, 27 March 2020
Homelessness NSW welcomes the additional $34 million to address homelessness during COVID-19. See below for our statement on this.

General information on homelessness and COVID – 19

Monday, 16 March 2020
Homelessness NSW has been doing its utmost to get a co-ordinated response from the NSW Government on how to plan for and respond to the COVID – 19 virus and...

February 2020 – Homelessness NSW made a submission to the City of Sydney, responding to the ‘Draft Homelessness Action Plan’.

Thursday, 12 March 2020
The submission recommended the City of Sydney put in place tangible and concrete actions to realise the broad based goals of the action plan. It noted the need...

Hidden but not forgotten - Homelessness NSW conference

Thursday, 16 January 2020
Hidden but not forgotten - the Homelessness NSW conference is being held at the North Wollongong Novotel on 27-28 February. Click on the link for the Conference...

No room at the inn - NSW homelessness services unable to meet demand

Wednesday, 18 December 2019
The AIHW released the 2018/19 Specialist Homelessness Service Program data today. Services in NSW are facing unsustainable demand. Click below to read our media...

Consultation Paper: Review of the HOST and HART models for addressing rough sleeping in inner-city Sydney

Thursday, 8 August 2019
The Homelessness Outreach Support Team (HOST) and Homelessness Assertive Response Team (HART) have become key elements of the assertive outreach (AO) response...

Contracting non-government organisations – Audit Office Report

Monday, 1 July 2019
The Auditor-General for New South Wales has released a report on how FACS is contracting NGOs to deliver community services in the Permanency Support Program...

Homelessness NSW submission to the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug ‘Ice’

Tuesday, 14 May 2019
On 3 May 2019, Homelessness NSW made a submission responding to the issues papers released by the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug ‘Ice’. You can...

REGULATING CHILD SAFE ORGANISATIONS – SUBMISSION IN RESPONSE TO DISCUSSION PAPER

Friday, 29 March 2019
On 29th March 2019, the three homelessness peaks (Domestic Violence NSW, Yfoundations and Homelessness NSW) made a submission to the Office of the Children’s...

Homelessness NSW calls for action to address inner city homelessness crisis

Monday, 4 March 2019
Following a 13% increase in the 2019 February City of Sydney Street Count from February 2018, Homelessness NSW calls for action to address the inner city...

Affordable homes in Sydney equals big gains for NSW

Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Homelessness NSW was pleased to be involved in work that assess the economic benefits of providing affordable housing in Sydney. The infographic below outlines...

Homelessness NSW State Election Platform 2018-19

Monday, 21 January 2019
Homelessness NSW is pleased to release its State Election Platform 2018-2019. This platform calls for: An Affordable Housing Strategy that includes the delivery...

Enough is enough - NSW reforms not fixing demand for services

Friday, 14 December 2018
The AIHW has today released the SHS Program data. NSW has three years of consistent data since the Going Home Staying Home Reforms which illustrates the high...

Path to Nowhere

Monday, 10 December 2018
Homelessness NSW is proud to be involved in this National Report on Women on Temporary Visas. The Report surveyed homelessness services nationally during the...

Good Growth Alliance: A Better Sydney and Stronger NSW

Monday, 26 November 2018
Homelessness NSW has joined with the Property Council of Australia, the Sydney Business Chamber, the Committee for Sydney, CHIA NSW and Shelter NSW to put...

SHS Capability Framework available now

Tuesday, 20 November 2018
The NSW SHS Capability Framework is complete and on line for services to use! The framework provides tools that will support workforce development, learning and...

Social Housing as infrastructure: an investment pathway report by AHURI released November 2018

Thursday, 15 November 2018
212,000 social housing properties needed in NSW over next 20 years: AHURI has today released a report identifying that NSW needs 212,000 new social housing...

Unaccompanied children (12 -15 year olds) experiencing homelessness

Friday, 2 November 2018
In June 2018, the NSW Ombudsman’s Office released the More than Shelter Report [link to https://www.ombo.nsw.gov.au/news-and-publications/publications/reports...

Filthy Rich and Homeless highlights personal impact of housing crisis

Tuesday, 14 August 2018
NSW homelessness services have welcomed the focus on homelessness via the Filthy Rich and Homeless series but call for investment in affordable housing and...

Homelessness NSW State Election Platform 2018-19

Friday, 3 August 2018
Homelessness NSW is pleased to release its NSW State Election Platform This platform calls for: An Affordable Housing Strategy that includes the delivery of 5...