homelessness

YWCA research today finds that every dollar invested in gender-responsive social and affordable housing delivers billions in returns.

Central Tablelands & Blue Mountains Community Legal Centre has $800,000 in funding to 2030, nowhere near enough for the volume of need.

The Albanese government is spending more on tax breaks for property investors than on social housing and homelessness services.

A new women’s safe haven, Arada House, has been launched in Sydney by the Arada Foundation, in partnership with Women’s Community Shelters.

Girls are significantly overrepresented among children seeking help from homelessness services without a parent or guardian.

Women in Australia are disproportionately vulnerable to housing insecurity and domestic violence, with the two issues grossly interlinked.

How far will the Albanese Government go in addressing the related emergencies of growing homelessness and domestic and family violence?

Eviction, job loss, the end of a relationship, illness and disability, mean many women are just one bad week away from homelessness.

Employment alone isn’t enough—young people overcoming homelessness need support, empathy, and opportunity to truly thrive in work.

A new transitional housing for women, including trans and non-binary individuals, has opened up in Sydney, furthering support.

Recognising the urgent need for policies to support women, the Working with Women Alliance make recommendations ahead of the federal election