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GROWING SOCIAL HOUSING

Housing advocates call for Victoria to build 80,000 new social homes in the next 10 years to address the state’s housing crisis

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Hosting student placements: Best practice guidelines

This resource provides evidence-based guidance to help organisations host high quality placements that provide mutual benefits for the students, host organisations and education providers.

Supporting high-quality placements in the community services sector

To meet the required growth in community services, governments, education providers and the sector need to ensure that there is a supply of high-quality student placements.

Submission to the inquiry into student pathways to in-demand industries

Gender-based undervaluation is the biggest obstacle to student pathways into the community sector.

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VICTORIAN BUDGET

The State Budget provides cost-of-living relief for many, but misses the opportunity to tackle enduring social and economic challenges for low-income Victorians.

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VCOSS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country, and we pay respect to Elders and Ancestors. Our business is conducted on sovereign, unceded Aboriginal land. The VCOSS offices are located on Wurundjeri Woiwurrung land in central Naarm.