Housing and homelessness

Mission Australia’s submission to the Foundations for Change – Homelessness in NSW discussion paper calls for a new Commonwealth-State housing and homelessness agreement and more social and affordable housing in NSW. It also calls for health and social service agencies to work more closely with specialist homelessness services to prevent and reduce homelessness.

We welcome the City of Sydney’s draft social sustainability policy and look forward to the development of the Action Plan. In particular we support the focus on improved well-being, equity of access to opportunity and reducing the gap between rich and poor so everyone thrives. We believe that Affordable Housing should be a priority for the City of Sydney and have focused our submission on housing and homelessness as well as strengthening communities.

Mission Australia is an experienced provider of Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) services. We work across the whole DFV spectrum and provide early intervention and prevention, crisis accommodation and specialist services as well as sector advocacy. This is our submission to the NSW Domestic and Family Violence Blueprint For Reform.

Mission Australia welcomes the NSW Government's commitment to preventing and responding to domestic and family violence. We support perpetrator programs to break the cycle of violence, alongside much needed services for women, children and other family members affected by domestic and family violence.

Mission Australia supports families to raise strong, healthy, and resilient children, enabling them to get the best possible start in life and equitable opportunities later in life. Our integrated service model aims to draw together services in a client centred approach, reflective of individual family circumstances and needs.