The rate of homelessness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is four times that of non-Indigenous Australians. Homeless Indigenous Australians were almost twice as likely to sleep rough, or in improvised dwellings and shelters, than non-Indigenous Australians. The rate of home ownership for Indigenous households was about a third compared to two-thirds for non-Indigenous...

Non-government organisations across Australia work to assist homeless people in a myriad of ways and from time to time many of these programs and services are evaluated. Service review and evaluation reports may be used to justify funding requests, demonstrate accountability, improve service delivery or test the effectiveness of service models. However, because these reports...

By their pervasiveness and by being worn on our bodies, mobile phones seem to have become intrinsic to safety. To examine this proposition, 43 participants, from four stakeholder groups, were asked to consider how homeless young people could use mobile phones to keep safe. To enable a comprehensive analysis of safety and other value tensions...

This Positioning Paper reports on the first stage of research into the adoption, in Australia, of new models of assertive outreach as responses to homelessness. The aim of the study is to explore the ‘assertive outreach’ approach, with a specific focus on the potential for this approach to reduce rough sleeping. The study can be...

The South Australian Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS) recognises that children and young people at risk of becoming or who are homeless, or are affected by homelessness, need timely and responsive support tailored to their unique needs to maintain their connection to education and learning. Homelessness is described using three categories: Primary homelessness...