The national StreetSmart program has raised over $1.6 million for local grassroots organisations,with around 100 cafes in WA taking part this year.
Rising rents and a lack of affordable housing is a growing trend that is impacting the way business and society functions.
Unless Kiwis apply for residency,they are considered non-residents of Australia,which leaves many in limbo feeling like “non-existent people”.
Glen-Marie Frost once lived in a mansion in Bellevue Hill,managed an international PR company and was head of communications and community relations for the Sydney Olympics.
Federal Housing Minister Julie Collins will convene a meeting with her state counterparts on Friday,and says Labor’s Help to Buy scheme could be up and running early next year.
Su-Lin,like many migrant women,faces a stark choice whether to stay in a violent relationship or leave and risk homelessness.
Pauline West fell into homelessness when she became too sick to work before she was old enough for the age pension.
The WA minister has called in a decision by the City of Perth to block the relocation of a drop-in service centre for homeless people 200 metres around the block from its current site in Northbridge.
As a young boy,for a couple of years,most of my casual wardrobe was provided by Vinnies,as was almost every piece of our furniture,crockery and homewares. Vinnies changed my life.
We have come to Melbourne’s CBD to stay for a weekend for the first time since the pandemic began. But some of the sights were more confronting than others.
A City of Perth councillor has submitted a motion to this month’s meeting that could mean anyone trying to open a community centre would face another level of scrutiny.