Homelessness Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to scrap a planned $56.7 million cut to homelessness services but lamented another budget and another year without Federal Government action on social housing. The budget includes $124.7 million which reverses the planned cut…
Women and children can’t successfully flee domestic and family violence without access to housing they can afford, according to Homelessness Australia. Last year more 53,922 women and girls experiencing family violence came to homelessness services needing accommodation and support to access housing.…
Homelessness services across the country, including domestic and family violence crisis accommodation services, are set to have over $56 million cut from their budgets by June 2021 unless the Federal Government agrees to fully fund services. Homelessness Australia Chair Jenny Smith says…
