Crisis accommodation
Alternative labels
Shelters for the homeless
Emergency housing for the homeless
Strategy
Victoria’s homelessness and rough sleeping action plan
This action plan outlines the Victorian government’s long-term strategy to reduce and prevent homelessness.
Report
Specialist homelessness services annual report 2016–17
This web report outlines the characteristics of clients of specialist homelessness services, the services requested, outcomes achieved, and unmet requests for services during 2016–17.
Report
The case for investing in last resort housing
Executive Summary It’s cheaper to provide last resort housing to homeless people than to leave them sleeping rough, a new cost-benefit analysis has found. The analysis found governments and society benefit more than they spend by providing last resort housing to homeless individuals. This is mainly through reduced healthcare costs, reduced crime, and helping people...