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.
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.
December 19, 2025
A one-page summary factsheet
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.
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.