We advocate and provide leadership on homelessness issues across NSW and support effective service delivery to those who are experiencing homelessness, have experienced homelessness or are at risk of homelessness.
Homelessness NSW acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the various lands on which we meet and work on. We pay our respects to First Nations peoples and elders past, present and future. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
Media Release
September 19, 2023
Homelessness NSW says the government’s $224 million housing package amounts to crumbs and barely scratches the surface of the state’s homelessness crisis. Read our media release.
News
August 14, 2023
Read the submission prepared jointly by Homelessness NSW and Domestic Violence NSW to the ‘Improving NSW Rental Laws Consultation’.
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August 14, 2023
Read our 2023-2024 Pre-Budget Submission to the NSW Government. We recommend five key investments that are achievable and pragmatic yet impactful in the short term, and which will set strong foundations for future work. Our recommendations amount to an overall investment of $554 million over two years.
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Homelessness NSW made a submission to the Australian Government to adopt two realistic and achievable recommendations for inclusion in the 2023-24 Budget. The recommendations call on the Government to invest in social housing and fund Specialist Homelessness Services through appropriate and ongoing ERO and Indexation.
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Homelessness NSW was asked to make a submission to the NSW Legislative Assembly Committee on the proposed Residential Tenancies Act legislation. Our submission proposes that the legislation adopt a policy position that removes rental bidding in NSW.
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Homelessness NSW have written a letter to the Legislative Assembly Select Committee on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Rental Fairness) Bill 2023, regarding our concern about the current draft legislation on rental reform that aims to eliminate secret rent bidding and instead replace it with a regulated rental auction process. You can read our letter here.
View submissionJoin the Movement to End Homelessness in NSW! Homelessness NSW is committed to creating a future where homelessness in NSW is rare, brief, and non-recurring. We’re excited to announce that our report, ‘Rare, Brief, and Non-Recurring: A System-Wide Approach to Ending Homelessness Together,’ launched on 7 August 2023. Over 650 individuals, representing diverse perspectives, have shared their invaluable insights with us. From people with lived experience to service providers, government agencies, and community leaders, informing a framework for aligned action for change. #endhomelessnesstogether. You can watch the recording from our launch event and download a copy of our Report here.
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