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Submission to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan

Submission to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan
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We call for a $500m Prevention Transformation Fund and 1 million social and affordable homes over the next 20 years to transform the homelessness service system to end homelessness. The National Plan must: adopt a systems approach to housing and homelessness; deliver affordable permanent housing for all; boost homelessness prevention measures; maintain homelessness crisis measures; and embed accountability, data collection and performance reporting.

Prototype Homelessness Solutions Model Framework

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The Centre for Social Impact, UWA and Mission Australia have developed a prototype Homelessness Solutions Model Framework. The aim of the Framework is to inform how Australian governments should allocate resources to end homelessness. It includes a typology of solutions to homelessness, along with data on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of each solution to draw conclusions about efficient expenditure.

A Prototype Homelessness Solutions Model Framework Discussion Paper

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The Centre for Social Impact, UWA and Mission Australia have developed a prototype Homelessness Solutions Model Framework. The aim of the Framework is to inform how Australian governments should allocate resources to end homelessness. It includes a typology of solutions to homelessness, along with data on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of each solution to draw conclusions about efficient expenditure

A Safe Place to Call Home - Homelessness Impact Report 2023

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This report present the evidence Mission Australia has been gathering over the last three years, including rich data from our services, experiences of our practitioners and the voices of people with a lived experience of homelessness. It shows homelessness and stable housing support services have a critical role in ending homelessness and ensuring people in need can thrive, reinforces what is working well in practice and illustrates where urgent action is needed to end homelessness.

A Safe Place to Call Home - Homelessness Impact Snapshot 2023

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This snapshot present the key findings from Mission Australia’s Homelessness and Stable Housing Support Impact Report. It summarises the growing demand for homeliness services over the last three years, the impact of Mission Australia services, what works in practice and recommendations for urgent action to end homelessness. 

Tasmanian Housing Strategy Discussion Paper

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The submission contains recommendations for investing in the housing and homelessness systems to move to a credible path to end homelessness and provide everyone with a safe and affordable home, and the adoption of targets and measures to drive work and monitor progress.

The impact of housing vulnerability on climate disaster recovery: The 2022 Northern Rivers Floods

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This report was written by the City Futures Research Centre at the University of NSW and commissioned by Mission Australia, the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, Social Futures, The Salvation Army Australia, the Australian Red Cross, and the Tenants’ Union of NSW. It shows that action needs to be taken to safeguard regional Australians against homelessness and displacement as severe weather events become more common.

Homelessness amongst older people aged over 55 in NSW

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This submission makes the recommendations to: invest in Housing First responses for those with more complex support needs; increase the stock of social housing available and suitable for older people; and commission new residential aged care facilities and better access to the NDIS for homeless older people.

Productivity Commission review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement

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The Commission’s review presents the best avenue to make the case to governments for the next Agreement to tether funding to the adoption of clear, shared and accountable policy objectives and targets, which we advocate is best delivered by a national housing and homelessness strategy.

Scope of the draft Tasmanian Planning Policies

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Our submission advocates for social and affordable housing to be included as a key issue within the Liveable Settlements topic of the future Tasmanian Planning Policies. It is critical that Tasmania’s planning system supports adequate and appropriate housing that meets the needs of all in the community.

Inquiry into housing affordability and supply in Australia 2021

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This submission advocates the adoption of the tools developed by the Constellation Project, which Mission Australia is a founding member, that would increase the supply of housing that is affordable for people on low to moderate incomes. Two of the tools recommended would facilitate inclusionary zoning and a funding mechanism which would incentivise and drive private investment into social and affordable housing.

Options to improve access to existing and alternate accommodation

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Mission Australia’s submission provides recommendations on temporary accommodation and support options. At the same time, we emphasise the need for clear supply targets to drive work and accountability to meet long-term housing supply needs across NSW. Mission Australia’s Tailored Support Coordination Service model for social housing tenants, and partnership with the Department of Communities and Justice on the Fontainbleau transitional pilot program are also highlighted.

Responses to homelessness in NSW

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This submission focused on the NSW government’s response to COVID-19 and the implementation of the Homelessness Strategy with a focus on prevention and early intervention measures, effective supports and responses and the need for an integrated, person centred support system.

A Housing Strategy for NSW 2020

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The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment are developing a Housing Strategy that is expected to be in place for the next 20 years. Our recommendations included the urgent need for government investment to increase social and affordable housing and more investment targeted at different cohorts including the ageing population.

Inquiry into homelessness in Australia 2020

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Mission Australia’s submission to the Federal House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs on homelessness in Australia highlighted a broad range of issues impacting different members of the community and made recommendations including significantly increasing the social and affordable housing stock across the country.

Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria 2020

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Our submission to this inquiry by the Victorian Legal and Social Issues Committee emphasised on the growing need to significantly increase investment in social housing to meaningfully address housing and homelessness related issues in Victoria.

Inquiry into the Protocol for People Experiencing Homelessness in Public Places 2020

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This submission focused on the need to integrate training and education about respectful, trauma informed and culturally sensitive training to a range of government officials. It also highlighted that in order to meaningfully address the issues of people experiencing homelessness in public places, there needs to be an increase in social and affordable housing in NSW.

Review of the Queensland Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008

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Mission Australia is a supporter of Make Renting Fair QLD campaign and supported the proposed legislative amendments that were closely aligned with the campaign. We also made additional recommendations in relation to strengthening capacity of tenants to exercise and enforce their rights, additional financial and other supports for people experiencing additional challenges in the rental market such as people with disability, people experiencing financial disadvantages and those escaping domestic and family violence.

Retirement Income Review

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Mission Australia’s submission encouraged the Federal Treasury to take into account the needs of people experiencing financial disadvantages. The submission made a range of recommendations including the need to increase access to safe, secure and affordable housing and equity across the retirement income system.

Aged Care Program Redesign: Services for the Future

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We made a submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care on Aged Care Program Redesign focusing on the needs of older people who have experienced or at risk of homelessness, challenges experienced by diverse groups of people and those living in rural and remote areas.

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