Country: Australia

Events and webinars

On February the 20th, we’ve hosted a Webinar on ‘Homelessness and Housing First in Australia’. The Webinar started with an introduction by Arturo Coego, Coordinator of the Housing First...

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The 50 Lives 50 Homes programme (50 Lives), which commenced in late-2015 and was the first Housing First programme in Western Australia (WA). It was a collaborative programme that...

Events and webinars

Kate Polson, CEO of Rock Trust, Lisa O’Brien, Project Leader for Focus Ireland, and Melanie Redman, Co-Founder, President & CEO of A Way Home/Vers Chez Soi discuss the realities...

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Welcome to the fourth volume of the Housing First Research Digest! This edition of the Housing First Research Digest is curated by Maja Flåto (Norwegian State Housing Bank), member...

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This research progresses the priority areas identified by the National Mental Health Commission (Commission) and provides evidence about the systemic issues and policy levers that need to be addressed...

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This study looks into how living in supported housing facilitate social connections and participation from the viewpoints of people living with mental illness. The findings show that supported housing...

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This report represents the first analysis of the consolidated Registry Week data across Australia. The data provides the largest and richest collection of information on people experiencing homelessness in...

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The aim of this study was to determine whether two Housing First configurations (scattered site  versus congregated site ) are associated with different health-related outcomes. Read or download this...

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Kaylene Zaretzky, Paul Flatau, Bridget Spicer, Elizabeth Conroy & Lucy Burns This research provides a significant economic argument for government intervention to break the cycle of homelessness as the...

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Existing research demonstrates that mean health care costs incurred by those experiencing homelessness are high. However, high mean health care costs mask the fact that a sizeable number of...