Melbourne Street to Home provides housing support, advice, long-term case management and ongoing tenancy support to Melbourne’s most vulnerable rough sleepers. This initiative has an integrated health response, with support from qualified Bolton Clarke nurses to assess clients’ health needs and refer clients to specialist services if required. Melbourne Street to Home works with rough […]
We’re excited to share with you all the work we’ve done together this year to help end homelessness in Melbourne in our 2023–24 Impact Report. This year was particularly challenging for many Melbournians. Cost of living, housing and rental crises continued to put pressure on people and families. Rents have increased 14% over the last […]
Integrated health and homelessness systems save lives An Insights paper published today, on the first day of national Homelessness Week, urges for investment in integrated health and homelessness programs and services to end an avoidable homelessness and health crisis, and ease pressure on overburdened systems. Homelessness is a health emergency. People experiencing homelessness often have […]
On Thursday, 25 July 2024, Launch Housing released a prospectus showing the areas in Greater Melbourne most in need of an Education First Youth Foyer – a demonstrated solution to youth homelessness that keeps young people housed, supported and safe while they complete their education.</p
At Launch Housing, we share our community’s distress about the unrelenting violence occurring before our eyes and formally express the following: Launch Housing joins the widespread calls from around the world for an immediate and permanent ceasefire on humanitarian grounds and an end to violence. We see in our work and in the […]
Fiona Schlensog understands how it feels to be on either side of the table when it comes to homelessness services. With 16 years’ experience in the housing and social services industry, and as someone who’s experienced chronic homelessness herself, Fiona Schlensog is bringing invaluable expertise to Launch Housing as the newest member of our board. […]
We’re driven by a belief in the power of collaboration to meet the critical need for more social housing. Initiatives like the recent opening of our Bellfield development showcase the power of collaboration when community organisations like Launch Housing unite and partner with local and state government and the local community. “In social housing, the […]
The $25.2 million project is a partnership between Launch Housing, Homes Victoria, and the City of Banyule.
Today marks International Overdose Awareness Day, which sits close to home for us at Launch Housing. It’s easy to pass judgement, to see a person’s circumstances before seeing the person. Whether it’s homelessness or substance use, stigma can be a heavy burden. Today is about lifting that weight, even if just a little, and acknowledging […]
Wear It Purple Day is an opportunity to openly support and stand with young people from the LGBTQIA+ community. Sadly, LGBTQIA+ people are twice as likely to experience homelessness. Almost one-third of Launch Housing staff identify as LGBTQIA+. We sat down with Danielle Leigh, who has been instrumental in fostering a supportive environment here at […]
This new report should be seen as a wake-up call for Australian cities. If we’re not careful, we will end up with the entrenched homelessness problems that exists in cities around the world, which would be shocking. Homelessness around the world has common causes and the solutions are not just homes – but more […]
Deb Batterham is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University and a member of the Launch Housing Research, Evaluation and Data team. It is often assumed that people experiencing homelessness gravitate to large cities and central city areas because of the concentration of support services – a so-called magnet […]
