As Homelessness Week begins and the Western Australian government advances the next phase of its 10-year All Paths Lead to a Home homelessness plan, Shelter WA is advocating for stronger investment…
Homelessness Week has kicked off across Western Australia with dozens of community gatherings shining a spotlight on the people, stories and solutions shaping the state’s response to the crisis.
Shelter WA strongly supports the Cook government’s commitment to building more social and affordable housing, with two new transformative projects set to create hundreds of homes.
Shelter WA has welcomed the announcement of the acquisition and conversion of the Fraser Suites apartment complex in East Perth.
Today’s state budget has missed the opportunity to solve Western Australia’s worsening housing and homelessness emergency, peak body for WA’s homelessness and community housing sectors Shelter WA said.
New figures show Perth has become one of the most unaffordable cities for renters, second only to Adelaide, prompting Shelter WA to call on the next federal government to deliver more housing funding for the state.
Western Australia’s peak body for community housing and homelessness has congratulated the state’s new ministers, emphasising their crucial role in tackling the housing crisis.
Vacancy rates questioned as sector calls for step change for renters this election.
Shelter WA welcomes today’s Cook Government announcement of $6 million to establish a new capacity-building program for community housing organisations (CHOs) across Western Australia.
Submissions should be received no later than Friday, 11 March 2022.
This work was inspired by a similar piece done by American Artist Rick Lowe, who obtained and transformed a row of derelict houses into real housing for single parents through a community art collective.
New research by the ACOSS/UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows renters on low and modest incomes are in the grip of a housing pincer, especially in regional Australia, as surging rents and the Commonwealth’s neglect of social and affordable housing creates acute stress.
Shelter WA looks forward to working with our members and partners to respond to the inquiry, and more broadly as we continue to advocate for social and affordable housing and ending homelessness in Western Australia.
During the pilot program, nearly 1,000 water audits were carried out at high water use public housing properties, with 620 receiving leak repairs and 735 receiving water efficient fixtures.
Peak housing and homelessness body Shelter WA congratulates the Minister for Housing and the McGowan Government on new social housing investment to deliver desperately needed homes across WA.
146 tenancy hearings in three days, thousands of families facing homelessness as winter approaches an Emergency Budget is needed.