The nation’s peak body tackling homelessness has released an ambitious list of ways they claim would halve homelessness in five years, and fix the problem within a decade.
Homelessness Australia wants to see 50,000 social and affordable homes built per year, an increase to Commonwealth Rent Assistance, and government services to be targeted towards the prevention, rather than symptoms, of homelessness.
Homelessness Australia CEO Kate Colvin said one in 10 Australians will experience homelessness in their lifetime, and First Nations people confront a homelessness rate almost 10 times that of other Australians. ”The structural failures and policy gaps, especially in housing affordability and support for vulnerable people, are pushing more people into a strained system.”
The recommendations have been made in the body’s submission to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan.
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