Housing and Homelessness

A Framework for Victoria’s Public and Community Housing 2020 – 2030

A guest post from Megan Weier at the Centre for Social Impact. When governments talk about ‘progress’, it’s almost always

Proposed rental minimum standards could go further.

Simple measures like energy efficient appliances can make a huge difference to household budgets and to people’s quality of life,

We already know how to end homelessness—we just need to do what works.

Imagine if we declared enough was enough. That, from today, the State of Victoria would not allow one more person

The Victorian Government has unveiled an impressive though imperfect list of minimum standards for rental properties

Submission to the Review of the National Regulatory System for Community Housing

So how do we ensure a big and growing Melbourne delivers a good life for every person?

VCOSS Response to the Australian Building Codes Board Accessible Housing Options Paper

VCOSS and NATSEM analysis reveals there is not a single pocket of Victoria that is poverty free

VCOSS and NATSEM analysis reveals there is not a single pocket of Victoria that is poverty free

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has welcomed Victorian Labor’s pledge to build 1,000 new public housing units if re-elected.

Victoria needs an ambitious social housing building program to provide a roof to those most in need.

The Victorian Parliament has done the right thing by renters.

Victoria’s top three political leaders have used the VCOSS Good Life Summit to expand on their vision for a fairer

A 13.6% increase in homelessness demonstrates just how much work we have to do.

VCOSS has welcomed the Victorian Government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Plan - a comprehensive and multi-faceted response to a

Victoria is facing an unprecedented housing affordability crisis. Rental stress in Victoria has jumped by 25 per cent in just

VCOSS is outraged the Victorian Parliament has blocked the construction of new public housing planned for Melbourne’s east.

The Federal Government is abandoning good faith negotiations with Victoria over homelessness funding and risking the wellbeing of thousands of

The Victorian Government has delivered a big win for renters, putting fairness back at the centre of the state’s tenancy

Victorian wages are failing to keep pace with skyrocketing rents, costing tenants thousands of dollars each year, a VCOSS study

VCOSS believes people with disability living in supported disability accommodation (SDA) should have the same tenancy rights as other people

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has given qualified support to a State Government plan to make it easier for renters

The Victorian Council of Social Service has applauded the establishment of a new $1 billion Victorian Social Housing Growth Fund.

VCOSS supports options to strengthen rental laws to increase people’s ability to create a safe, stable and liveable home when

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

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has warned not all Victorians are benefiting from the state’s social and economic growth, and

This video charts VCOSS' progress and evolution through the decades.