Tag: social housing
‘We’ve all done the right things’: in Under Cover, older women tell their stories of becoming homeless
Image: Under Cover/SA Films
The Australian documentary Under Cover, premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival, presents the voices and faces of older women’s housing insecurity....
Our lives matter – Melbourne public housing residents talk about why COVID-19 hits them hard
Picture:Daniel Pockett/AAP
The toughest lockdown imposed on residents of public housing in Australia has been lifted, but their COVID-19 ordeal isn’t over – and recovering...
Beds in car parks don’t solve Australia’s rough sleeping problem
A place to park the homeless for the night in a CBD car park
doesn’t solve the problem of homelessness. BedDown/Facebook
A plan to provide...
‘I really have thought this can’t go on’: loneliness looms for rising numbers of older private renters
People living in private rental housing were much more likely
than social housing residents to say they felt lonely. Dundanim/Shutterstock
Loneliness is increasingly recognised...