Home to various guides, kits and general information that may be of interest to the sector.
Safe, secure and affordable housing becomes more important as people age, this guide focuses on Social Housing. The 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.
Read here.
Housing First started over 25 years ago in New York. Listen to this episode from a mini-series on homelessness called According to Need by 99% featuring Sam Tsemberis, PhD from the Pathways Housing First Institute.
Shelter WA was proud, in partnership with Connect Victoria Park and Lisa Baker MLA for Maylands, to launch Reimagining Home – A Framework for Creating Home with Older Single Women on Low Incomes so they can age well in their communities of choice.
Reimagining Home | Report Reimagining Home | Summary Reimagining Home | Look Book
In partnership with the Summer Foundation’s NDIS Housing Options project, Shelter WA worked with the Foundation to develop two new booklets to assist people with disability and their families, and NDIS and housing providers understand housing options under the NDIS, including Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA). Further information and a copy of these two resources can be found here.
The LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Practice Guide for Homelessness and Housing Sectors in Australia outlines guidance on inclusive practice for agencies in Australian homelessness and housing sectors working with clients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer or questioning (LGBTIQ+). It has prepared in response to requests from these sectors, as well as clear research and practice evidence that LGBTIQ+ people are at higher risk of homelessness and have specific needs to address. Read here.
