Research

Rough Sleeping is Up: We know what to do, we just need the funding

June 5, 2026

New data shows that more people than ever before are sleeping rough across NSW, and growth is highest in regional areas. Rough sleeping leaves people vulnerable to violence and abuse, and traps people in deepening cycles of poor health, homelessness and trauma.

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Housing Code Red: Social housing waitlists soar as rental stress rises

May 12, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of households across NSW are facing rental stress, and rental affordability has hit an all-time critical low. With housing costs continuing to rise across NSW, household incomes are being stretched to breaking point.

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Summary Factsheet: Pre-Budget Advocacy Report

December 19, 2025

A one-page summary factsheet

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A Place to Call Home and The Support to Keep It: Advocacy Report

December 17, 2025

With strong services and more suitable housing, we can end homelessness. New South Wales is facing an entrenched homelessness crisis. For years the housing and homelessness system has been under relentless pressure, with frontline services overwhelmed and unable to meet demand.

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Rough realities: Rising homelessness and housing insecurity in Sydney & NSW

August 4, 2025

Homelessness is surging across NSW. Pressures are increasing on many fronts - housing costs are up, affordable rentals are scarcer and cost of living is climbing. Communities are suffering from repeated natural disasters, yet support services are stretched and cannot keep up.

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