Homelessness

A mining boom and a government scheme to house its workers has made renting a home in this Northern Territory town almost impossible.

Renters searching for affordable housing have been at the forefront of Australia's housing crisis. But landlords say bad tenants and state-based reforms are making it tough for them too.

Researchers estimate 440,000 older households in Australia will be without suitable housing by 2031. A 56-year-old central Victorian woman is already experiencing the pain.

When Di got the call that there was community housing with her name on it, it changed her life. A new portrait installation is helping to tell her story — and tackle stereotypes.

A 34-year-old woman on bail for her alleged role in a 2021 murder has asked the Supreme Court to send her back to prison because of the "daily battle just trying to find suitable accommodation".

Housework isn't something many people celebrate, but for war veteran Michael Reardon, it's symbolic of something much bigger — having a home. His is a good story amid a housing crisis in his state.

Experts say young people experiencing homelessness suffer from a lack of access to mental health services, and that help isn't coming quickly enough.

Outreach workers say young people risk becoming trapped in cycles of homelessness due to a lack of mental health services.

Deputy Premier Steven Miles says the Queensland government is also setting a target for 20 per cent of new builds to be social or affordable housing. He says the government is supporting additional development in West End. 

Amid rising rents and house prices, the SA premier has announced more public and government worker housing in Mount Gambier, but others say smaller towns also need help.

Voters in the Western Australia seat of Rockingham head to the polls tomorrow to elect Mark McGowan’s replacement. One of the key issues for his successor will be the region's lack of housing and increased homelessness as a result.

As the WA electorate of Rockingham votes for Mark McGowan's replacement, there's hope his successor will tackle the city's growing housing and homelessness issue.

Bunbury resident Bob Barber says he and his wife would be "starving" without food support from organisations like Doors Wide Open and Foodbank.

Many would have passed by the tangled mess of tents, swags and junk that made up a homeless camp along a riverside walkway in Brisbane's CBD, but no-one realised they were walking past a dead body.

The Saint Andrew's Uniting Church pastor says services that utilised the former minister's house — damaged by fire over the weekend — will continue from the church.

A new report from campaign group Everybody's Home finds 80 per cent of renters are spending more than a third of their income on housing.

As southern Europe grapples with extreme heat, Rome recorded a record high temperature of 41.8 Celsius, leaving many of the city's homeless with nowhere to cool down.

A professional haircut may be a regular occurrence for many South Australians, but for those doing it tough, they are a luxury. Two religious groups have come together to help restore dignity to South Australians sleeping rough.

In 2018, Canada's British Columbia introduced a tax against vacant homes. Three years later, more than 20,000 rentals were back on the market.

Homelessness in regional Victoria is growing at three times the pace of that in Melbourne, and the situation is being made much worse by the soaring cost-of-living and rental hikes.

The remote town of Walgett is in the midst of a homelessness crisis, but it has been without a respite centre for homeless Indigenous men since January last year.

The survivors of last year's devastating landslips in the northern New South Wales flood catastrophe say they are in no-man's-land while they wait for news of a land buyback.

Homelessness is growing three times as quickly in regional Victoria as it is in Melbourne, with support services being forced to turn away people in need.

The cost of living crisis is forcing many to cut back their recreational spending, but for the most vulnerable Australians, the effects of the crisis are seeing people give up their homes.

In only four months, the Wimmera's only homelessness outreach worker has found more than 60 rough sleepers. Injured abattoir worker Shane is one of them — and the number of people like him is expected to "explode".