Homelessness Week 2023 + Events Calendar
Homelessness Week is a national event held each year during the first week of August, which aims to raise awareness of people experiencing homelessness, the issues they face and what […]
Housing still a focus in the State Budget 2023/24, but we need clearer targets
“Reporting on the housing and homelessness portfolio has changed in today’s State Budget, with the establishment of Homes Tasmania. The importance of housing and support for Tasmanians in need has […]
Key housing asks for State Budget 2023/24
“With our community facing cost of living pressures, escalating housing costs, and over 40,000 households managing the stress of high rents in the tight and competitive private rental market, Shelter […]
Anglicare report highlights Tasmania’s dire shortage of affordable rental homes
Shelter Tas, Tasmania’s peak body for affordable housing and homelessness services, welcomes the release of Anglicare’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot and supports it key findings. Today’s Snapshot confirms the expanding […]
Advocacy groups join forces to call for action on youth homelessness
Collectively, YNOT, Shelter Tasmania, TasCOSS, Colony 47, Youth, Family & Community Connections, Anglicare Tasmania and Youth Futures lend our support to the national campaign which calls on the Australian Government […]
Census data shows dramatic rise in homelessness in Tasmania
Shelter Tas, Tasmania’s peak body for housing and homelessness, is deeply concerned by new Census data released today, showing a dramatic rise in the number of Tasmanians who were counted […]
Tasmania’s unmet housing need highlights call for urgent Government action (CHIA and Shelter Tas)
Tasmania is amid a housing crisis with thousands of Tasmanians experiencing housing stress and homelessness. New analysis by CHIA and the UNSW City Futures Research Centre based on census data […]