Housing and Homelessness
Victoria is fast becoming an outlier by not having minimum standards for rental properties
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Take a walk down Bourke Street, under the gaze of Parliament House, and try telling a man sleeping rough on
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Unfair fees and poor dispute resolution are ruining retirement for some, warns the Consumer Action Law Centre.
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While progress is being made, more should be done to protect vulnerable people from onerous fines and infringements, writes Justice
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Disasters and emergencies such as bushfires, floods and heatwaves affect all Australians, no matter what their background or status. A
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Summary The 2016 Victorian Budget includes considerable investment in housing and homelessness in response to the Family Violence Royal Commission, in
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A community's ability to recover from a disaster reflects the strength of its underlying functioning. 'Resilience Strategies' from cities around
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VCOSS recently provided a submission Making rental housing secure to stage two of the Fairer Safer Housing review of the
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Currently, the Victorian Parliament is considering legislation to strengthen the ability of the government to enforce rooming house standards and
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The extreme lack of affordable rental housing is leaving people on the lowest incomes almost completely locked out of the
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Safe, secure and affordable housing is the bedrock of a good life. A home is the basis from which people
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With an ageing population, Australians are having a debate about how to ensure that we have a decent standard of
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Victoria’s tenancy laws should be reformed to reflect the reality of long-term renting and provide greater protections and security for
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The 2015-16 Victorian State Budget contains some initiatives aimed at helping people overcome housing stress and homelessness, but leaves considerable
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Evidence of Victoria’s affordable housing crisis continues mount. In Melbourne alone, there are over 50,000 households living in unaffordable rental
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In this guest blog, Dr Monica Thielking, Research Fellow at Swinburne University, takes us through the recently released report, The
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Almost 100 people in need are turned away from homeless agencies each day, the Productivity Commission's 2015 Report on Government
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