Why Aboriginal homelessness needs a cultural approach

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As Australia’s most marginalised group and one of the most poverty-stricken First Nations peoples worldwide, the housing market continues to leave Aboriginal Australia out in the cold (figuratively and literally).

HOME Lived Experience Co-design Toolkit and Framework Launch

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The project released two significant pieces of work for the sector, a Lived Experience Engagement Framework, and a Lived Experience Co-Design Toolkit. Both were launched during Homelessness Week 2021.

National parliamentary homelessness inquiry report released

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Shelter WA welcomes many of the recommendations around increasing investment into data collection and reporting.

Ending Homelessness Report

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The 2021 Ending Homelessness in Western Australia 2021 report builds on previous work from the Centre for Social Impact The University of Western Australia (CSI UWA) by presenting an analysis of homelessness in Western Australia, using the Advance to Zero database.

Ending Homelessness in Western Australia 2021 Report

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This Ending Homelessness in Western Australia 2021 report builds on CSI UWA’s previous work by presenting an analysis of homelessness in Western Australia.

No progress against target to end homelessness by 2028

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The latest comprehensive ‘Ending Homelessness in Western Australia’ report paints a sober picture of a lack of progress across seven targets to end homelessness in WA.

The impact of rental moratorium lifting

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The number of people seeking assistance and advice on significant debt they now find themselves in, as a result of the rent increases seen since the moratorium lifting, is of immense concern.

Housing Affordability in WA: A tale of two tenures

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This fifteenth report in BCEC’s Focus on WA series builds on the Centre’s earlier reports into Housing Affordability and finds that housing affordability has improved in Western Australia but this improvement has been uneven.

Rental Moratorium Roundtable Report

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An ecological approach to realising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians’ aspirations for a high standard of health and housing, and of personal and collective wealth.

Reimagining Indigenous Housing, Health and Wealth

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An ecological approach to realising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians’ aspirations for a high standard of health and housing, and of personal and collective wealth.

Anglicare WA: Rental Affordability Snapshot

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The Snapshot was taken just days before the end of the WA Government’s 12-month moratoria on rent increases and evictions as part of its COVID-19 economic response.

Study of the Health Needs of Older Women Experiencing Homelessness in the Perth Metropolitan Area

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This Age-Friendly Rental Housing Guide is one of the outcomes of Connect with Home, a project developed by Connect Victoria Park Inc and funded by the Department of Communities’ Age-Friendly Communities Program.

Age-Friendly Rental Housing Guide

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This Age-Friendly Rental Housing Guide is one of the outcomes of Connect with Home, a project developed by Connect Victoria Park Inc and funded by the Department of Communities’ Age-Friendly Communities Program.

The study of the health needs of older women experiencing homelessness

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The combined view is that secure and long-term housing and ongoing support is fundamental to addressing the health needs of older homeless women.

Unlock Housing

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The research found a distinct lack of transitional planning for young people leaving out-of-home care and that this exacerbates the fact that care leavers have few options.

New report shows community supports action to end homelessness

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A newly released survey Research Report on Community Views on Homelessness Perth, Western Australia  commissioned by The WA Alliance to End Homelessness in partnership with Shelter WA show people have increasing levels of compassion for those experiencing homelessness and want more action to address the issue.

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