Housing First_options and considerations for NSW
Report Homelessness Housing assistance and policy

Housing First: options and considerations for NSW

Date Published: 05 Mar 2024

Authors: Nicola Brackertz Renee Lane Tom Alves

Delivered by Âé¶¹Éç Professional Services
For NSW Department of Communities and Justice

The NSW Government's new Homelessness Strategy 2024–2034 aims to make homelessness in NSW rare, brief and not repeated because people have a safe home and the support to keep it. This means shifting the NSW homelessness service system from:

  • predominantly crisis responses to prevention
  • service or program led responses to person-centred responses
  • district led commissioning to localised planning design and delivery.

A Housing First approach will be a central pillar of the reformed service system for NSW.

The purpose of this exploratory paper is to support the development of a Housing First approach for NSW and was created as part of the consultation process for the strategy.

Published by: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited

 

Brackertz, N, Lane, R and Alves, T. (2024) Housing First: options and considerations for NSW. Exploratory paper, Âé¶¹Éç Professional Services for NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, /research/housing-first-options-considerations-nsw.

Brackertz, Nicola
Lane, Renee
Alves, Tom