Homelessness publications

The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) is recommissioning specialist homelessness services with the aim of achieving a stronger focus on client outcomes and improving service quality.

Consultation report and strategic advice for improving the provision of specialist homelessness services for Aboriginal people in NSW

Overview Report: Community engagement report back and strategic advice for improving the provision of specialist homelessness services for Aboriginal people in NSW

More than 2,750 families and individuals who were homeless or at risk of homelessness are now living in safe and stable housing, thanks to the NSW Government’s work to prevent and respond to homelessness during [...]

For the first time in NSW, the Government and non-Government sector will combine to conduct large-scale street counts in regional and rural areas, to help inform the state's homelessness investment.

The Australian Service Excellence Standards is a whole of organisation quality assurance program.

The NSW Government has signed a global agreement to halve street homelessness across the State by 2025.

This FACSAR Evidence to Action Note outlines key findings from the Early Review of the Specialist Homelessness Services Program reform. The Early Review looks at what is and isn’t working well and identifies key areas [...]

The Early Review was conducted by researchers from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute and the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW Sydney.

A summary of feedback from the Foundations for Change — Homelessness in NSW July 2017 Consultation process