Crisis’ Post

Example of why housing first is so important

Citizens Manifesto (5/8): 🏠 Housing and Homelessness Everyone deserves a home that is secure, habitable, and affordable. However, far too many people across the UK are living in housing that is insecure, unaffordable and of sub-standard quality. We are organising for better and improved housing now and for our future. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e3GixW6y

Civil society is speaking up: four respected Canadian housing rights organizations — the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights, National Indigenous Women’s Housing Network, National Right to Housing Network and Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network — have issued a joint statement against the use of the Notwithstanding Clause to clear encampments.

This #WorldHomelessDay, we restate our belief that the key to ending homelessness can be found by enshrining the right to adequate housing into law. Recent proposals to homelessness legislation are progressive, but questions remain over funding and the lack of urgency and sufficient investment into increasing supply. A right to adequate housing can strengthen these reforms, including providing levers to ensure the necessary funding for implementation and delivery. A right to adequate housing would also prioritise the elimination of homelessness in the shortest possible time. This would be a gradual process, but we believe it can be achieved. Read our roadmap on how this right can be implemented: https://lnkd.in/ewqwaZyh

DYK – Commercial properties in Phoenix impacted by unmitigated public nuisances have seen rent and property appreciation at about half the rate of the city as a whole (15.7% vs 30.2%, 2019-2023). That’s a staggering $2.1 billion in potentially lost property value due to high levels of crime, unsheltered homelessness, and public nuisances. Public safety matters for quality of life and the appeal of an area. Learn more in our recent report: https://bit.ly/47C3NLv

BREAKING: We’re building more homes. Yesterday I brought National Cabinet together. Here’s what we will do: Help vulnerable Australians, by funding crisis and transitional accomodation for women and children fleeing domestic violence, and young people. Build new homes faster, by reducing red tape, training more tradies and by funding the roads and services new homes need. Increase social housing supply, by delivering the biggest investment in social housing in over a decade and doubling our funding to address homelessness. This isn’t about just one suburb or city, it’s about building new homes in every part of the country. That’s what our budget will help deliver.

The Christmas season is here, and while it's often filled with goodwill, it's also a time for reflection. Our latest blog by Paul Smith dives into the recent flurry of activity from the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG) 🎄🏡 From social housing initiatives to tackling homelessness and unsafe cladding, bold steps are being made. But are they enough to make a lasting impact? Read the full blog to explore the progress, the promises, and the questions that still linger 👉: https://lnkd.in/ecWQTzSd

It all starts with housing.

Excellent article from Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) deep diving into Victoria's Big Housing Build. Of course public housing is need where there is good access to public transport, jobs and services, but by focusing on inner city areas the program ignores that the housing and homelessness crisis is in every community, including our outer suburbs and regional towns across the State. The Big Housing Build is a start but its the tip of the iceberg if we are serious about tackling this crisis. Great advocacy from Ben Smith, Belinda Rodman and Mary-Faeth Chenery Full article here - https://lnkd.in/gQZi5P4R

Do we have an enforceable right to housing in Australia? 🏠⚖ No, we don’t. A right to housing would mean that every person living in Australia has equal access to housing that is affordable, secure, and accessible. Australia, by ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights agreed to a right to housing. Article 11 of that Covenant recognises the right of everyone to have an adequate standard of living, including the right to housing. However, the right to housing is not enforceable in every State and Territory in Australia. To end homelessness, we need an enforceable right to housing. We need a Human Rights Act. Without an enforceable right to housing, homelessness will continue to exist.