Housing and Homelessness

New reforms should stop public housing tenants being slugged unreasonable costs for damages and repairs, writes the Victorian Public Tenants'

Expanding social housing through measures including a growth fund and community housing loans, the 2017 Victorian Budget is a great

If just 20% of the public discussion was about how to prevent people becoming homeless in the first place, we’d

Young people experiencing homelessness often miss out on support because there’s no plan or specialist support associated with their mental

Let’s not think for a moment that by moving people on or placing them in temporary accommodation like rooming houses

This video, prepared for VCOSS’s 70th birthday celebration at the Melbourne Town Hall in November 2016, charts the organisation’s progress

A Melbourne social enterprise is providing an innovative solution to women's homelessness.

Victoria is fast becoming an outlier by not having minimum standards for rental properties

Take a walk down Bourke Street, under the gaze of Parliament House, and try telling a man sleeping rough on

Unfair fees and poor dispute resolution are ruining retirement for some, warns the Consumer Action Law Centre.

While progress is being made, more should be done to protect vulnerable people from onerous fines and infringements, writes Justice

Disasters and emergencies such as bushfires, floods and heatwaves affect all Australians, no matter what their background or status. A

Summary The 2016 Victorian Budget includes considerable investment in housing and homelessness in response to the Family Violence Royal Commission, in

A community's ability to recover from a disaster reflects the strength of its underlying functioning. 'Resilience Strategies' from cities around

VCOSS recently provided a submission Making rental housing secure to stage two of the Fairer Safer Housing review of the