Former housing minister and judge join push for reform in wake of Guardian Australia investigation
A former housing minister and a supreme court judge have joined the chief executives of 23 homelessness agencies to call for reforms mandating the reporting of homelessness deaths.revealed that Australians experiencing homelessness were dying at an average age of 44, a shocking life expectancy gap driven by violence, treatable illness and systemic failures across the housing, health and justice sectors.
It has attracted 200 signatures in total, made up largely of workers across the homelessness sector, local government, justice and other civil society groups. “It’s unacceptable for people to be dying in Victoria because of unsafe living conditions. To respond effectively, our state needs to understand the full scope of this problem – but this is not currently possible as the government does not keep records of homelessness deaths.”
“I will also raise this issue with the court for further insight into its role to date in investigating the deaths of homeless people, many of which are subject to death investigations under the existing terms of .”“With such prominent leaders in both the homelessness and justice sectors coming together in making this call, there is now serious momentum behind the push for coronial reporting of homelessness deaths in Victoria,” she said.
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