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This year’s Shelter Tas submission is more important than ever, with Tasmania experiencing a chronic shortage of affordable and social housing which has serious implications for people affected by insecure housing and homelessness, and also serious implications for the Tasmanian community as a whole. Read more…

Shelter Tasmania is a member of the National Homelessness Statistics Peer Review Group for the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In this role we recently surveyed our Specialist Homelessness Services members about their observed trends in homelessness in Tasmania. The intention was to help us gauge the accuracy of the preliminary Census 2016 estimates generated by the ABS. Twenty-six agencies responded …

On Wednesday 25 October, the Federal Government introduced a Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2017, without any notice, to define the terms of a new National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA). Federal, State and Territories’ Treasurers met last Friday (27/10/17) as the Council on Federal Financial Relations, two days after the announcement. Read more…

Shelter Tasmania’s 2017 Annual General Meeting will be held at 3:00-4:00pm on Friday the 24th of November in Hobart. Shelter Tas members and stakeholders are invited to attend to hear about Shelter Tas’ activities during the past year and elect the 2017/18 Shelter Tas Policy Committee. Our guest speakers will be the Minister for Human Services Jacquie Petrusma and Professor Keith Jacobs, Director, Housing …

After the success of Homelessness Week 2017, planning has already begun for Homelessness Week in 2018! Shelter Tas has met with representatives from several homelessness services to discuss initial ideas and events, with many more discussions to come in the future. A coordinated approach across the state is important to get the message out there and get as many people …

Just this week National Shelter and ACOSS have learnt from Treasury that there will be consultations around the NHHA to take place next week only in Melbourne and Brisbane. This new agreement will replace all existing housing and homelessness funding agreements from July 2018. In the teleconference meeting where National Shelter received this advice, they advocated that all state Shelters …

Affordable Housing is essential for a healthy community and strong economy. It is the foundation for building our State’s future. Staff at Shelter Tas are currently busy working with members on key proposals for the State Election. We have been consulting with stakeholder and policy groups to identify a wide range of areas to increase access to social and affordable …

On the 13th of August, the Tasmanian Liberal Government announced the Building your future plan they will take to the next election. This plan includes increasing the target of new affordable homes from 900 by 2019, to 2,700 by 2025. Shelter Tas welcomes this investment of 1,800 additional new homes as an important downpayment in meeting our State’s chronic shortage …

It’s still National Homelessness Week 2017, which ends on August 13. This year the theme is ‘Action and Innovation’, in which we are highlighting the many effective approaches Specialist Homelessness Services have implemented to prevent and respond to homelessness. Read more…

Homelessness Week is a national event held in the first full week of August each year and calls on Australians to raise awareness of people experiencing homelessness and the issues these people face. In 2017, Homelessness Week will take place on 7th-13th August. The theme of this year’s Homelessness Week is ‘Action and Innovation’ in which we highlight the many …