To help more Australians access safe and affordable housing, the Australian Government is developing a National Housing and Homelessness Plan, in collaboration with state and territory governments. The plan will be a 10-year strategy. This issues paper provides a brief overview of some of the known issues in different parts of the housing and homelessness...

The purpose of this research was to gain different perspectives to build and consolidate an understanding about the biggest challenges to ending homelessness and the conditions that continue to hold these challenges in place. By working together to understand these, Homelessness NSW has also identified several key levers that can be actioned by a network...

This paper summarises the current state of play with regard to homelessness prevention in England. Drawing on the available evidence and promising practice from across the United Kingdom, it also explores potential areas where there may be opportunities for an even more effective approach, and where future policy and practice could focus.

In the second quarter of 2020, the Queensland Government closed Brisbane’s main transitional housing and congregate-style homelessness facilities. In their place, an innovative homelessness accommodation response was established, which provides short-term supported accommodation in the form of self-contained hotel rooms at The Park Hotel (the Park). This research empirically and conceptually examines the Park as...

While the current research, policy and practice show appetite for consumer participation in addressing homelessness, there is very little consistency in how it is understood and few examples of its successes in practice.