This report investigates the rationale for an Australian housing and homelessness strategy. Applying contemporary thinking about the role of governments in complex problem-solving, and lessons from other ‘national approaches’ here and internationally, it sets out options for achieving cohesive, co-ordinated action on housing and homelessness in the Australian federation.

Despite substantial evidence that there are solutions to homelessness, and that there are many good reasons to want it solved, homelessness continues to both persist and increase. This literature review explores how homelessness is currently understood and responded to, with the intention of identifying the factors that might prevent it from being effectively ended in...

This Council to Homeless Persons' report reveals the top Victorian electorates where reported homelessness has increased over five years. The analysis, which compares the 2016 and 2021 census data, paints a bleak picture of the homelessness crisis across the state.

The proposals outlined in this report set the ground for a new relationship of meaningful connection between housing activists and local government, including councillors and staff involved in planning and all areas of social policy.

This report assesses what New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice has done to improve the response to children who present alone to homelessness services since the Ombudsman’s first reported on this issue in 2018.