Shelter Tas is Tasmania’s peak body for housing and homelessness services. Our members include all the Women’s Shelters, Specialist Homelessness Services and Community Housing Providers in Tasmania. We appreciate the opportunity to provide feedback to the final stage of the development of the Tasmanian Women’s Strategy 2022-27 (the Strategy), noting that we provided a substantial submission in November 2021, arguing that a specific housing strategy for women is essential for achieving the goals of the Strategy.
While the Strategy notes that “affordable, secure and accessible housing positively impacts a person’s economic security, options to participate fully in all aspects of life, safety and health and wellbeing” (page 16) there is no commitment to a strategy for women’s housing. There is clear evidence that a dedicated approach to women’s housing is needed to ensure that the Strategy’s goals can be achieved. Read more…