Specialist homelessness services
Briefing paper
Poverty and housing in South Australia
South Australia is experiencing rising levels of housing stress, poverty and homelessness. This briefing paper provides an overview of the current context, identifies key cohorts and regions most affected, and outlines opportunities for targeted, high-impact philanthropic investment. It finds that philanthropy can function as a catalyst to unlock further funding and buy-in from other sectors.
Strategy
NSW homelessness strategy 2025–2035
A 10-year whole-of-government plan for New South Wales to make homelessness rare, brief and not repeated because people have a safe home and the support to keep it. The strategy outlines a coordinated approach to homelessness reform across government, the homelessness and housing sectors, local services and communities.
Report
MCM’s Victorian youth homelessness snapshot 2025
The snapshot represents, on a given day in 2025, the reality faced by young people accessing MCM’s homelessness programs in Victoria, Australia. The data confirms that young people experiencing homelessness are navigating a system that is fragmented and reactive, not proactive or preventive. It confirms the urgent and growing need for early intervention, housing and...
Report
Raising the alarm: Australia’s family homelessness emergency
This report investigates the extent and impacts of family homelessness in Australia. It finds that more families are accessing homelessness services. The crisis is huge yet still growing and services are overstretched. The report recommends a suite of policies the government can implement immediately to address this escalating crisis with a three-point plan to end...
Report
Bridging the gap between homelessness and family violence services
This report seeks to understand the extent to which victim survivors of family violence seeking crisis accommodation are being referred between the homelessness and family violence sectors and back, without receiving the service they are requesting. It makes a series of recommendations to better respond to family violence and homelessness.