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                    Homes Melbourne

                    Every Melburnian deserves a safe place to sleep every night. Let’s make room for people experiencing homelessness and create safe, secure, affordable housing for all.​​

                    Recognising that the complexity and extent of the housing crisis needed a comprehensive, targeted response, we created Homes Melbourne in 2022 – a multi-disciplinary team committed to reducing homelessness and increasing safe, secure, and affordable housing in our city.​

                    Homes Melbourne is helping to solve the affordable housing crisis and create pathways out of homelessness – at pace and scale.​​​

                    Homelessness and affordable housing facts and figures. See below for full text.

                    ​Affordable housing and homelessness in City of Melbourne

                    • 300 people were sleeping rough pre-COVID-19. 
                    • 1725 people were recorded as being homeless in the 2016 Census.
                    • There is an estimated shortfall of 6000 safe and affordable homes.
                    • There is a predicted shortfall of 23,200 homes by 2036, without intervention.

                    Refreshed Homelessness Strategy  

                    Draft Homelessness Strategy 2024-30​​

                    In our city, we are facing a housing and homelessness crisis, a situation mirrored across Australia and the world. Visible homelessness, people sleeping rough on the streets, is just the tip of the iceberg in our homelessness crisis. Many more women, children and families are part of the hidden problem – sleeping in their cars, on other people’s couches and in severely overcrowded or temporary accommodation. One way we are working to address this is through the development of a new Homelessness Strategy.

                    Our vision is of an inclusive city where every person has a home and support to break the cycle of homelessness.

                    Our strategy is based on research and has been drafted with advice from people with lived experience of homelessness, as well as support and service organisations.

                    Community consultation for the draft strategy is open now, and will close on Sunday 7 April 2024.

                    Engagement methods include a mix of online and in-person briefings, presentations, focus groups, round table conversations and an online survey.

                    Join us in being part of the solution – review the draft strategy and share your thoughts​.

                    About Homes Melbourne

                    ​The Homes Melbourne team brings housing, homelessness and policy experts together to innovate, advocate and collaborate with partners across the housing sector. The team also includes partnership and philanthropic professionals to assist with the funding and delivery of homelessness and affordable housing programs and projects.

                    We are working with governments, businesses, developers, funders, community housing organisations and the not-for-profit sector to deliver 6000 affordable homes and reduce homelessness in our city.

                    Every community member deserves access to safe, high-quality rental housing close to jobs and services. Research shows that for every $1 invested in affordable housing, the community benefit is $3. Investment in affordable housing is an investment in both essential infrastructure and people.

                    Homes Melbourne

                    Are you concerned about someone?

                    Do you have concerns about the welfare of someone who is experiencing homelessness?

                    If a person is an immediate risk to themselves or others, or appears to be under 18, contact the police on 000.

                    Let us know of any welfare concerns, or if you see any accumulated items in public spaces, using our fast and easy online reporting system. Our Daily Support Team promptly follows up all reports and is trained to offer assistance and services for people in need.