Article by Christina Zhou, Domain reporter, The Age 16th April 2015
The rental market has never been tougher for tenants as rents in Melbourne soar to an all-time high. The median asking rent for houses increased by 2.5 per cent over the March quarter to $390 a week, according to Domain Group's rental report released on Thursday... Go to story
Future of program to ease homeslessness uncertain. Elderly Victorians face homelessness if a social program fails to get State Government funding... Go to story
Organisations providing vital support to Homeless Seniors in Victoria face a bleak future. It is uncertain if the State Government will extend Department of Human Services funding for Homelessness Innovation Action Projects... Go to story
Re: you do your budget planning on a four-yearly cycle; please let us do the same
An open letter to the Hon Scott Morrison, MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives, Parliament House, Canberra was published in the Australian, Monday February 9th, 2015.
The letter was signed by 59 signatories of peak Housing and Homelessness services across Australia.
Article by Clay Lucas City Editor, The Age 3rd February 2015. Image: Nyakong and her five-month-old son Daniel have secured crisis housing for three months at a Hanover centre after all other options fell through. Photo: Jason South
Prime Minister Tony Abbott must continue funding for programs that look after some of Victoria's most vulnerable women and children, especially those at risk of family violence, Premier Daniel Andrews says. Mr Andrews on Tuesday urged Mr Abbott and Social Services Minister Scott Morrison to renew funding for the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness, first struck by the Rudd government in 2009.
The Abbott government extended that agreement for a year in 2014, but it runs out on June 30 this year – leaving many in the welfare sector in limbo. Read more
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."