Premium Insights and analysis Be kind, be stubborn: how leaders adapted through the pandemic Community & Social There was no rulebook for responding to covid, so organisations have had to adjust as they go along. A group of female leaders reflect on…
Premium Case studies Flemington Works: the project bringing jobs and confidence to women in public housing Monday February 22, 2021 By David Donaldson Case studies Moonee Valley council's 'Mamma's Kitchen' is giving women from Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan the chance to use their cooking skills in paid work, and it's…
Victorians invited to have say on 10-year social and affordable housing strategy Tuesday February 9, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Housing minister Richard Wynne on Tuesday launched a discussion paper setting out the draft directions for the strategy.
Victoria to build 12,000 homes under $5.3b public housing blitz Monday November 16, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social A new Victorian government agency has been established to deliver and manage public housing as part of the state's $5.3 billion commitment to construct more…
AusPost defends decision to deliver One Nation stubby holders to public housing residents Friday September 11, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal In July, Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate wrote to the City of Melbourne threatening to call the police unless the council delivered 114 stubby holders…
Opinion: we need a 21st century fix to 1960s public housing Tuesday July 14, 2020 By Scott Hamilton & Stuart Kells Community & Social Social housing is ideal for super funds and other investors wanting a steady, long-term return, but they don’t replace the desperate need for more direct…
She won’t be right, mate: how the government shaped a blokey lockdown followed by a blokey recovery Thursday June 11, 2020 By Chris Wallace Editors' Picks Morrison’s extraordinary singling out of child care for a big punitive hit as he winds back the government’s coronavirus pandemic program suggests he wants more…
The many faces of social housing – home to 1 in 10 Australians Monday March 16, 2020 By Emma Baker Community & Social The impact of social housing is felt well beyond the 4% of the population who may live in it at any one time.
An interesting and ongoing correlation between homelessness and Christmas is not enough to shift the dial Thursday December 19, 2019 By Chris Hartley Community & Social The charitable link between homelessness and Christmas is real. But it’s time we got serious about making lasting change. We need more than a day…
'Growth' of community housing may be an illusion. The cost-shifting isn't Thursday January 24, 2019 By Michael Darcy Community & Social For the first time a state government housing agency has effectively contracted out all its operations in some regions, but will this improve and add…
Increase choice in human services, Productivity Commission urges Tuesday March 27, 2018 By David Donaldson News Giving users of human services like public housing and end-of-life care greater ability to choose will lead to better service quality, argues the Productivity Commission…
DHHS public housing debt management 'unconscionable': ombudsman Tuesday October 31, 2017 By David Donaldson News Disadvantaged Victorians are being charged thousands of dollars to repair damaged public housing, even when there is no evidence they caused the damage. "It’s time…
Why Australia's housing policy has a record of failure Wednesday October 21, 2015 By David Donaldson Community & Social Australia's housing system is not effectively alleviating poverty and housing affordability problems, policymakers have been told at the IPAA national conference. Plus why bureaucrats should…
Mike Allen's home away from Housing is charitable work Tuesday November 25, 2014 By Stephen Easton Features Mike Allen's passion for helping people kept him in the same agency for more than 35 years, and now leads him to charity work in…
