The $22 billion NDIS is failing the nation’s most vulnerable people, leaving as many as one in five, many with intellectual and mental disabilities, reporting that the flagship scheme has left them worse off. Flinders […]
The community housing sector has the opportunity to provide greater housing support for the 94 per cent of National Disability Insurance Scheme recipients not eligible for Specialist Disability Accommodation, a housing conference has heard. The […]
Couch surfing is usually the start to the slippery slope of youth homelessness’. Recent surveys of young Australians show more young people couch surfing than ever before, although not all classified themselves as homeless. Envisioning couch […]
Absolutely everyone is the state disability plan 2017–2020 for the whole of the Victorian Government. We are committing to a range of action for achieving greater inclusion, in partnership with the community. Our plan tackles the […]
Bridge Housing will provide Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), including tenancy management and property management services, for 28 group homes across north west Sydney. We have been working with our transfer partner, Achieve Australia, to achieve a seamless transition […]
Domestic and family violence in Australia is widespread. More than a third of women who’ve had an intimate partner have experienced at least one act of violence in their life. More than 1 million women […]
A disability pensioner will soon know if he is made homeless by Housing Tasmania, pending a court decision. Hobart Magistrates Court in October granted an order for his Glenorchy home to be vacated after a notice to […]
Western Australia has abandoned plans for a state run NDIS ending months of speculation about the operation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the West. The state and Commonwealth governments have signed a new […]
A victim of domestic violence was nearly deported because an understaffed Canberra women’s shelter almost missed the Immigration department’s reporting deadlines. Beryl Women’s Shelter staff say there is a “significant risk” it may be forced to shut […]
Unity has been housing and supporting people living with disability for more than 20 years. We have developed a high level of organisational capacity and experience in the provision of disability housing and we have […]
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