Housing and Homelessness

Currently, the Victorian Parliament is considering legislation to strengthen the ability of the government to enforce rooming house standards and

The extreme lack of affordable rental housing is leaving people on the lowest incomes almost completely locked out of the

Safe, secure and affordable housing is the bedrock of a good life. A home is the basis from which people

With an ageing population, Australians are having a debate about how to ensure that we have a decent standard of

Victoria’s tenancy laws should be reformed to reflect the reality of long-term renting and provide greater protections and security for

The 2015-16 Victorian State Budget contains some initiatives aimed at helping people overcome housing stress and homelessness, but leaves considerable

Evidence of Victoria’s affordable housing crisis continues mount. In Melbourne alone, there are over 50,000 households living in unaffordable rental

In this guest blog, Dr Monica Thielking, Research Fellow at Swinburne University, takes us through the recently released report, The

Almost 100 people in need are turned away from homeless agencies each day, the Productivity Commission's 2015 Report on Government

  Despite widespread concern about rising homelessness and rental stress in Victoria, neither the Coalition or ALP have made significant

Under current Victorian law you could rent out a cardboard box in your backyard and as long as it had

The Minister for Housing, The Hon. Wendy Lovell MLC, today announced that if re-elected, the Coalition government would provide an

ABS data recently analysed by CHP shows that 1-in-4 renters in Victoria are low-income households (earning $640/week or less) who

Strengthening support services for clients of child protection and youth justice By: Associate Professors Philip Mendes and Pamela Snow and

Help make social housing work by using the Community Housing Federation of Victoria's new advocacy resources kit and coming to