Mission Australia

1. New report shows groundbreaking homeless service is a success
(News/Media Releases Archive)

A report into a groundbreaking Sydney homeless service shows it has delivered improved accommodation, employment and goal-achievement outcomes, a reduction in the need for income support and all at a ...

2. Feds should play role in urban planning to improve housing affordability
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... in this area – such as the National Rental Affordability Scheme and the social housing component of its nation building stimulus package – will barely touch the sides given the need that’s out there.  ...

3. Housing Programs
(Housing/VIC)

... market rent (from $172.00 - $240.00 weekly rent) offered to singles and families that meet Mission Australia Housing criteria All units are available through the National Rental Affordability Scheme ...

4. Homelessness among the elderly - The hidden face of Homelessness in Australia
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... options are also required so older people in danger of becoming homeless are offered support before their situation becomes a crisis. The Government’s National Rental Affordability Scheme should help in ...

5. Affordable housing crisis a big issue for regional areas like Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Whyalla.
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Leading community services group Mission Australia says concerns about homelessness and housing affordability are not confined to cities, but are urgent issues also in booming rural and regional areas ...

6. Don’t forget homeless in housing affordability debate
(News/Media Releases Archive)

One of the country’s leading providers of housing support, Mission Australia, believes homeless people are being left out of the current debate on housing affordability. Mission Australia Chief Executive ...

7. Increased rents create greater risk of homelessness
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... to homelessness including mental health problems, drug and alcohol addictions, histories of abuse and the emerging housing affordability crisis. The state’s median house price had more than doubled from ...

8. UN report on Australian housing crisis rings true
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... is scheduled for presentation to the Council in Geneva on Monday, 11 June), found that “reductions in public housing stock, soaring private rental rates, an acknowledged housing affordability crisis and ...

9. You can help transform the lives of homeless Australians this winter.
(Uncategorised Content)

... economic downturn with rising unemployment and decreasing housing affordability, the prospect of becoming homeless is now all too real for many Australians. Homelessness is not just a housing problem... ...