Electronic Resources:	http://www.homelessnessnsw.org.au/uploads/50463/ufiles/the_road_home.pdf
Web resource:	http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/05_2012/the_road_home.pdf
Type:	Report
Title:	The road home : a national approach to reducing homelessness
Authors:	Australian Government
Keywords:	Statistics;Policy;Housing
Year:	2008
Publisher:	[Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs], [Canberra
Notes:	General Overview: This White Paper follows the release of the Australian Government’s Green Paper on homelessness in May 2008 and the holding of public consultations in May and June 2008. It sets a target of halving homelessness and offering supported accommodation to all rough sleepers who need it by 2020, as well as a range of interim targets for 2013. One of the interim goals is to increase by 20% the number of families who maintain or secure safe and sustainable housing following domestic or family violence. The paper commits the Government to increasing current spending on homelessness by 55%. Discussion:The relationship between domestic and family violence is addressed at several points in the report. The first chapter of the paper identifies a range of factors contributing to the nation’s high rate of homelessness, noting that domestic and family violence is the most common reason cited by people seeking help from specialist homelessness services. 55% of women with children and 37% of young single women who seek assistance are escaping violence. Many others do not seek help from specialist services but stay with friends or family. The authors also acknowledge that women escaping violence often cycle in and out of homelessness. Chapter two outlines the Government’s new approach to homelessness, including its goals and principles. The need to keep women and their children safe from violence is listed as one of the guiding principles of the Government’s approach. The following three chapters present a wide range of strategies to combat homelessness. Reducing violence against women and helping affected women and children to stay safely in the family home is one of the strategies discussed. Other strategies include implementation of a policy of no exits into homelessness from statutory, custodial care and hospital, mental health and drug and alcohol services, improving specialist homelessness services, reviewing the current distribution of specialist services against the geographical distribution of homeless people, and building up to 2,700 additional public and community housing dwellings for low income households. Domestic and family violence are not addressed in the two final chapters of the report, which deal with research priorities, and implementation and governance issues.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19010
ISBN:	9781921380228
Physical description:	xii, 80 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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