Homelessness
It’s estimated that over 9,000 Western Australia will experience homelessness tonight
Homelessness is experiencing when people do not have a place to call home. Homelessness is often associated with rough sleeping on the street or in a car, but homelessness also includes couch surfing, staying in boarding houses or other short-term accommodations.
The WA Government released All Path’s Lead to a Home: Western Australia’s 10-Year Strategy on Homelessness 2020-2030. Built on the work of the WA Alliance to End Homelessness and developed through the Supporting Communities Forum Homelessness Working Group, this strategy provides the framework for a collective response to ending homelessness. It ensures that the State Government meets its obligations under the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement, which requires all jurisdictions to develop a homelessness strategy.
WA Homelessness Week
Shelter WA run the the annual homelessness week initiative in WA
2022’s theme will be announced in the coming months.
Connections week
The State Homelessness Strategy is founded on a commitment to end homelessness in WA
Sustaining the homelessness services sector
A sustainably funded homelessness services sector is critical
Ending chronic rough sleeping
The State Homelessness Strategy is founded on a commitment to end homelessness in WA
Local Government Homelessness Hub
The aim of providing these resources is to better equip local governments across WA to respond to homelessness at a local level in a strategic way.
