Housing and homelessness

The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment are developing a Housing Strategy that is expected to be in place for the next 20 years. Our recommendations included the urgent need for government investment to increase social and affordable housing and more investment targeted at different cohorts including the ageing population.

Our submission to this inquiry by the Victorian Legal and Social Issues Committee emphasised on the growing need to significantly increase investment in social housing to meaningfully address housing and homelessness related issues in Victoria.

Mission Australia’s submission to the Federal House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs on homelessness in Australia highlighted a broad range of issues impacting different members of the community and made recommendations including significantly increasing the social and affordable housing stock across the country.

This report was written by the City Futures Research Centre at the University of NSW and commissioned by Mission Australia, the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, Social Futures, The Salvation Army Australia, the Australian Red Cross, and the Tenants’ Union of NSW. It shows that action needs to be taken to safeguard regional Australians against homelessness and displacement as severe weather events become more common.

This submission focused on the NSW government’s response to COVID-19 and the implementation of the Homelessness Strategy with a focus on prevention and early intervention measures, effective supports and responses and the need for an integrated, person centred support system.