Useful links for Victoria

Emergency housing

Please note:  MA Housing does not provide emergency housing. Should you require emergency housing, please contact:

• Homelessness Advocacy Service, phone 1800 066 256
• St Kilda Crisis Centre (for people experiencing homelessness), phone 03 9536 7777
• Victorian Office of Housing (for enquiries about public housing in Victoria), phone 1300 650 172 or visit www.housing.vic.gov.au/about-us

Tenant & legal advisory services

• Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, phone 03 9628 9800 or visit www.vcat.vic.gov.au
• The Victorian Office of Housing, phone 1300 650 172 or visit www.housing.vic.gov.au
• Community Legal Services, phone 03 9602 4949
• Tenants Union of Victoria, phone 03 9411 1444 or visit www.tuv.org.au
• Residential Tenancy Bond Authority, phone 1300 137 164
  
  

Utilities

• Electricity, Energy Australia, phone 131 502 or visit www.energyaustralia.com.au
• Gas, Origin Energy, phone 13 24 63 or visit www.originenergy.com.au
• Emergency Water Services, Melbourne Water, phone 132 446
• Telephone, Telstra, phone 132 200 or visit www.telstra.com.au
• Optus, phone 1800 501 064 or visit www.optus.com.au
  
  

Financial advisory services

• Consumer Affairs Victoria, Financial Counsellng Referral, phone 1300 55 81 81
  
  

Other useful contacts

• Translating and Interpreting Services (TIS), phone 131 450
• Mediation Services, Community Justice Centres, phone 03 9603 8370 or visit www.justice.vic.gov.au