Advocate
Last week, our CEO Trudi Ray joined community housing leaders in Canberra to advocate for urgent action on housing affordability. Backed by new polling data, they met with political leaders to push for real solutions ahead of the federal election.
This week we were pleased to see the timely launch of the ‘Inside the Front Door’ report.
The data covers a seven-year longitudinal study conducted by RMIT University and Lead Researcher, Honorary Professor Guy Johnson, of six high volume homelessness services in Melbourne, including Haven Home Safe’s services in Preston.
There's more to the stories you read about NIMBYism and it's time for a public conversation about NIMBY opposition to increased density to come out into the open.
H2H has had a meaningful impact on the lives of those who it has supported since its inception in 2020. Haven Home Safe joins the Council to Homeless Persons call to the Victorian Government to renew funding to this program and invest $268.8 million into the program over the next four years allowing for both continuity and growth.
The latest census data shows the lack of investment in social and affordable housing has left Victoria in a state of peril.
We know that housing provides the foundation for people to address other aspects of their life which may be contributing to their experience of homelessness. That’s why we’re strong advocates for the Victorian Government’s investment in the From Homelessness to a Home program (H2H).