Homelessness
Alternative labels
Homeless
Housing and homelessness
Strategy
Specialist Homelessness Sector: workforce capability framework
This framework clarifies the skills, knowledge and competencies required by practitioners providing high-quality Specialist Homelessness Sector (SHS) services. It provides the capabilities required for work in the SHS, for today and into the future.
Research Summary
How do we prevent people leaving government services becoming homeless? An Evidence Check
This FACSIAR Evidence to Action Note identifies the risk factors that make some people transitioning from government services more likely to become homeless than others and effective interventions in reducing these risks.
Briefing paper
How should we measure wellbeing across the life cycle? An Evidence Check
This FACSIAR Evidence to Action Note identifies evidence-based indicators that could be used to measure wellbeing across the seven domains of the NSW Human Services Outcomes Framework.
Position paper
How to reduce homelessness and boost incomes and jobs: social housing as infrastructure
This ACOSS paper proposes that the federal government work with states and territories, local government and community housing providers (CHPs) to develop a social housing investment package, for announcement in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) statement towards the end of 2019.
Report
Pregnancy and homelessness: service responses
This research sought to better understand data collection processes for homeless pregnant women and how homeless services can better engage with this group.