Brisbane city during 50 Lives 50 Homes registry week in June 2010. Photography: Patrick Hamilton.

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Posted 05-04-2018
Heading Home – Ending Homelessness Here

Initiating a cross-sector Project Group, mobilising the community and conducting a Registry Week in the Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Penrith Local Government Areas. Prepared by Judy Spencer for Wentworth Community Housing, December 2017.

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Through this project, many people who were homeless in the Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Penrith Local Government Areas (NBM district) were identified, housed and a new way of working within the district was created. It embraced government, non government and corporate sector working together.

Posted 05-03-2018
What are the health, social and economic benefits of providing public housing and support to formerly homeless people?

Report from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), July 2016

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AHURI Final Report No.265

Authors: Lisa Wood, Paul Flatau, Kaylene Zaretzky, Sarah Foster, Shannen Vallesi, Darja Miscenko.
Copyright: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited 2016

This research found that supporting formerly homeless people and those at risk of homelessness into public housing in Western Australia reduced their use of health services as well as the frequency with which they did so. The reduction in health service use, which was particularly evident for hospital stays and psychiatric care, could save WA $4,846 per person per year for a total of $16.4 million per year. This increases to $84,135 per person per year for clients of the NPAH Mental Health program.

Posted 05-02-2018
Evaluation of the 100,000 Homes Campaign

An evaluation assessing the campaign’s effectiveness in housing the chronically and vulnerable homeless in the USA, February 2015.

Authors: Josh Leopold Helen Ho.

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The Urban Institute’s evaluation of the 100,000 Homes Campaign (the Campaign) found that the Campaign had a major impact on national efforts to end homelessness, despite its modest staffing and budget. Community Solutions successfully recruited nearly every major city to join the Campaign and exceeded its goal of placing 100,000 chronically or vulnerable homeless Americans into permanent housing.