Homelessness
Media and commentary on our work protecting the rights of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, and helping people avoid or exit homelessness.
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Facing the outside world – the voices of those who exit prison into homelessness
By Louis Schetzer, Senior Policy Officer, Homelessness, Public Interest Advocacy Centre “All I’ve known is crime and drugs and jail. My home is jail. This is like my holiday, in there’s my home.” The interrelationship between homelessness, criminal offending, incarceration and then release from custody into homelessness to repeat the cycle has been noted in…
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Submission to the UN: DV the most common cause of homelessness
Domestic and family violence is the most common cause of homelessness in Australia, according to the NGO report to the UN committee for Economic Social and Cultural Rights. This report has been submitted to the 2017 review of Australia’s fifth Periodic Report under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. PIAC contributed to…
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Urgent need for more legal services for DV victims: Report
More resources are needed to address the complex legal needs of women escaping domestic violence, according to a new report, released today by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. The report comes at a time when community legal centres, which are at the front line of providing legal assistance to the most at-risk members of the…
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StreetCare join Minister for City of Sydney street count
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, members of StreetCare, PIAC’s consumer advisory group on homelessness, participated in the City of Sydney’s street count, accompanying Minister Pru Goward, and sharing their first-hand experience of homelessness. Street count aims to collect up to date information about the number of homeless people in the local area. Over…