Lawyers are calling for the NSW rental laws to be relaxed in a push to help give tenants fleeing domestic violence a better opportunity and means to escape. Law reforms that will allow a tenant […]
Mildura, Bendigo and Geelong have been pegged as locations for new homeless services as the Government organisation, Haven Home Safe, is set to receive a share of $27M in State funding. The funds will see […]
Parramatta Council opened the door to becoming a more inclusive and accessible LGA this week. Its disability inclusion action plan was launched, which outlines the steps it will take in the next four years to create a more […]
Only one in five Brimbank residents can afford to rent privately in the municipality. The startling statistic has been revealed by the Council to Homelessness Persons (CHP) as part of Homelessness Week. The peak body […]
Moonah resident Althea Pettit has spent the past few months wondering how she will make ends meet. The pensioner lives in a public housing property but struggles to pay her medical, power and grocery bills. […]
A NEW emergency women’s shelter providing child minding and a play area is opening in Adelaide’s inner north. The St Vincent de Paul Society, which will operate the centre, says it will be a unique […]
THINGS aren’t much better for single parents on support income and/or aged pensioner couples. According to the report people in this category can only afford 10 per and 11 per cent of properties respectively, paying […]
HUNDREDS of domestic violence victims across Queensland are facing homelessness after being black-listed for abandoning rental properties in the rush to flee their abusers. The state’s leading provider of tenancy advice services has been flooded […]
Member for Monaro John Barilaro welcomed the announcement that the youth rental subsidy, Rent Choice Youth is now operational across the Southern NSW Family and Community Services (FACS) District. Rent Choice Youth provides a rental […]
A $25 million rent support program to help people escape domestic and family violence will be available to those on “moderate” incomes for the first time, the NSW government has announced. The Rent Choice Start […]
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