Homeless Australia

A campaign has been launched in Melbourne to cut the number of fines handed to homeless people for offences such as begging and fare evasion. […]

Homeless Persons’ Week 2013 is shining the spotlight on the ‘hidden homeless’, and on the need to strengthen strategies towards halving homelessness by 2020, according […]

No one chooses to become homeless, Lifewise, a homeless support group in New Zealand, said. The statement comes after the Auckland Council has proposed a […]

Advocates for the homeless are calling for an official head count of people sleeping rough, saying the Government does not know the true scale of […]

The first of four mandatory alcohol rehabilitation centres to be established in the Northern Territory will open at the Royal Darwin Hospital on Monday, offering […]

HOMELESSNESS isn’t just about the fear of not knowing where you’ll sleep each night – it’s also the emotional impact of the instability, writes Ali […]

As CEOs step out of the boardroom and onto the footpath for a cold night sleeping rough, an advocacy group is calling for a federal […]

The federal government is widening its definition of homelessness. Housing and Homelessness Minister Mark Butler said on Wednesday that people staying in crisis accommodation should […]

WHILE the number of Australians sleeping rough fell 6% between 2006 and 2011, the number of people living in “severely crowded” conditions has continued to […]

Micah Projects welcomes signing of National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness, calls for bipartisan support going forward Micah Projects, a not for profit organisation working with […]

Families comprise an increasing proportion of the nation’s homeless but there is a dire shortage of suitable accommodation for them, says a new report. The […]