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Homelessness NSW is pleased to have worked with NCOSS, CHIA NSW and DV NSW on the Equity Economics report Rebuilding Women’s Economic Security – Investing in Social Housing in NSW, which highlights the urgent need to invest in women’s economic security by building more social housing.
The Report finds that the pandemic has worsened the housing insecurity of women in NSW with the number of people seeking specialist homelessness services who had experienced family and domestic violence increasing by 7.1 per cent in 2020-21, compared to a 3.2 per cent increase in demand for all specialist homelessness services and 4,812 women currently being forced to stay in an unsafe and violent home, or face homelessness – with up to 2,402 women returning to live with a violent partner because of lack of an affordable alternative, and a further 2,410 homeless because they could not find secure and permanent housing after leaving violence.
June 11, 2024
The 2024 Homelessness NSW Conference, held in Newcastle from 19th to the 21st of March, was a resounding success, bringing together over 350 in-person homelessness sector attendees for connection and learning. Read this wrap-up of the event, which was attended by service providers, policymakers, academics, and people with lived experiences of homelessness from right across NSW.
