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StreetSmartAustralia @StreetSmartAust

Action against homelessness. We believe no one should be without a safe and secure place to call home.

Joined March 2009
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Why #homelessness isn't a topic of conversation when friends Martin and Kim catch up abc.net.au/news/2023-12-20/h… via @ABCaustralia

Why Kim never asked why his friend was sleeping rough

Martin and Kim are running buddies with very different backgrounds, but that difference doesn't get in their way.

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#Homelessness Australia CEO: 'it's worse than it's ever been' abc.net.au/listen/programs/r…

Homelessness Australia CEO: 'it's worse than it's ever been' - ABC listen

You've heard a lot about the ongoing cost of living and housing pressures plaguing Australians, and there's little sign the housing market is easing.

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Kate Colvin @ColvinKate
28 Dec 2023
This summer too many families are not camping for a holiday. They’re camping because they have no home. #Homelessness ‘is worse than it's ever been’. @HomelessnessAus abc.net.au/listen/programs/r… via @ABCaustralia

Homelessness Australia CEO: 'it's worse than it's ever been' - ABC listen

You've heard a lot about the ongoing cost of living and housing pressures plaguing Australians, and there's little sign the housing market is easing.

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Geraldton the second WA location to achieve measurable reduction in #homelessness over six-month period thewest.com.au/news/geraldto…

Geraldton sees significant reduction in homelessness

Geraldton has made a mammoth step towards eradicating rough sleeping, becoming the second location in WA to record a 20 per cent reduction for six consecutive months amid a housing crisis.

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ACOSS @ACOSS
15 Dec 2023
In the new Poverty and Inequality Partnership report, 3/4 of people we surveyed agree that poverty could be solved with the right systems and policies in place. 76% believe the incomes of people earning the least are too low. #RaiseTheRateForGood sbs.com.au/news/article/the-…
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Homelessness Australia @HomelessnessAus
11 Dec 2023
Homelessness services have to make devastating choices when resources can’t stretch to everyone needing help. Almost 300 people per day turned away from homelessness help #MYEFO abc.net.au/listen/programs/a…

Hundreds of calls unanswered in homelessness battle - ABC listen

Every day, hundreds of people battling homelessness have their calls for help go unanswered, with support services stretched beyond capacity.

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Homelessness Australia calls on government for funding support amid the end of the National Housing and #Homelessness Agreement news.com.au/finance/economy/… via @newscomauHQ
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Families and young people are becoming the face of Queensland’s #homelessness crisis abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/f… via @ABCaustralia

Rising rents drive mum and four kids into homelessness

Single mum Jasmine Sloane has been homeless since her landlord put up the rent a month ago. She's part of a disturbing new trend in Queensland's housing crisis, with a growing number of families...

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Kate Colvin @ColvinKate
6 Dec 2023
Increased demand for homelessness services is pushing services to breaking point. People squeezed out of rentals urgently need additional funding in #MYEFO to escape homelessness news.com.au/finance/economy/…
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Housing for the Aged Action Group @HAAGHomeAtLast
30 Nov 2023
Streetsmart helps us make the difference between connecting older homeless people with housing, and helping them to feel like they've arrived in a new home, with some basic necessities like food and bedding. Massive thanks @StreetSmartAust
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More than 500 Queenslanders over 80 years of age waiting for public housing after being priced out of rentals #homelessness abc.net.au/news/2023-11-08/s… via @ABCaustralia

Spike in seniors seeking public housing, homelessness services after being priced out of rental...

Retirees and aged pensioners have to choose between leaving cities they have lived in for decades or becoming homeless amid a worsening rental crisis.

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Guardian Australia @GuardianAus
26 Nov 2023
Australian housing wealth is meaningless, destructive and fundamentally changing our society | Alan Kohler dlvr.it/SzKxZF

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Sydney housing crisis: Airbnb review to target 90,000 homes smh.com.au/politics/nsw/shor…

Short-term rental review targets 90,000 homes

The NSW government says there are thousands of homes that sit empty for most of the year which should be on the long-term rental market.

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Community housing organisation and StreetSmart grant recipients, Servants, providing programs beyond housing including bee keeping ... #homelessness youtu.be/4797_Db7jfE?feature… via @YouTube

Servants on Channel 9 News - For The Love of Good, November 2023

Channel 9's Dougal Beatty goes behind-the-scenes with For The Love ...

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Housing for the Aged Action Group @HAAGHomeAtLast
12 Nov 2023
When governments could be handing out hot potatoes, but instead choose to use the song as torture. If we want to #endhomelessness, we need investment in Public and Community housing. sbs.com.au/news/article/the-…

The 'deeply problematic' methods some councils use to deter homeless people

A Western Australia council will stop playing a Wiggles song it was using to drive homeless people away from a public space. Some say music is just one of many ways local governments attempt to do...

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Millionaire Builds 99 Tiny Homes to Cut Homelessness in His Community–He Even Provides Jobs On Site for Them goodnewsnetwork.org/milliona…

Millionaire Builds 99 Tiny Homes to Cut Homelessness in His Community–He Even Provides Jobs On Site...

He has invested $4 million dollars of his own money on the project to build 99 homes, and he's currently three-quarters of the way there.

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Could Australia end #homelessness in 10 years? abc.net.au/listen/programs/a… via @ABCaustralia

Could Australia end homelessness in 10 years? - ABC listen

Australia's homelessness could end in just 10 years, that's according to the sector's peak body. Homelessness Australia has made a number of proposals as part of its submission to the Federal...

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people experiencing #homelessness are 16 times more likely to die suddenly, eye-opening study finds bigissue.com/news/housing/ho…

Homeless people are 16 times more likely to die suddenly, eye-opening study finds

Homeless people are at much greater risk of dying due to heart attacks than the rest of the population, according to a San Francisco study.

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Australia in ‘the midst of a food security crisis’ as 3.7m households struggle to buy enough to eat theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Australia in ‘the midst of a food security crisis’ as 3.7m households struggle to buy enough to eat

Almost 350,000 additional households experienced food insecurity in the past year, according to latest Foodbank survey

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Anti-Poverty Week @AntiPovertyWeek
20 Oct 2023
More than 122,000 people were #homeless on Census night 2021 - 1 in 4 were children under 18. Read the facts on our #housingcrisis and proposed solutions in our #APW23 bit.ly/APWHousing-PovertyFac… #EndChildPoverty
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