23% - the % of the homelessness population that is 12-24yrs old.

0 - the # of affordable rental properties for someone on Youth Allowance.

47% - % of 15-24yr olds who come to homelessness services & need long-term housing. Only 4.3% get it.

Our youth deserve better.
#YHMD2024

Join the new campaign to #EndChildPoverty , read the latest news on #singleparents , teaching resources, education opportunities and latest reports about #poverty & #inequality in Australia - antipovertyweek.org.au/newsletters/

We're holding a People's Commission into the Housing Crisis and we want to hear from you! Learn more from #EverybodysHome spokesperson Maiy Azize and co-Commissioner Doug Cameron sbs.com.au/news/podcast-e…

Last year there were 23.7 million Centrepay transactions worth $2.7bn. It has become a vehicle for economic abuse, leaving people without enough money for food. The regulator, Asic, has taken action against some businesses but the problems are ongoing. ACOSS Antipoverty Centre

See out latest #antipovertyweek enews, including #IWD webinar by Brotherhood of St. Laurence + Save the Date for Anti-Poverty Week 13-19 October, 2024 #apw24 #endchildpoverty #IWD 24 antipovertyweek.org.au/newsletters/

Govt is also requiring 'voice print' before it will take some calls. Along with #RoboDebt and #RoboTax , it begs the question, what is the guiding philosophy behind our govt's use of #AI in respect of its #citizens ? #Auspol2024

How can the gov help renters?
Lift rent assistance. Last year’s 15% increase by at least a 40%, to provide an extra $1,000 a year to nearly one-third of all renters, at a cost to the budget of about $1.2bn a year. National Shelter ACOSS Antipoverty Centre AUWU #Auspol

DEWR acknowledges #FirstNations & #homeless people experience more #suspensions but support and allow it! This is systemic bullying by the govt via expensive private operators. No mutuality here Antipoverty Centre Terese_NCSMC Economic Justice Australia #Auspol2024 theguardian.com/australia-news…

This story explains one of the reasons we oppose the compulsory income management of #Centrelink payments.

It undermines women trying to flee domestic & family violence.

Read what our Senior Advisor Linda Forbes told a recent Senate Inquiry. 👇

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Ths is why housing is a huge issue for advocacy in 2024. #Singlemothers face stigma in renting and purchasing. Every State, #realestate agent & #bank is different. Time for national agreements and end to #discrimination Terese_NCSMC Tenants Victoria #auspol24 theguardian.com/australia-news…

Thank you for joining in Anti-Poverty Week 2023, see the wrap-up in our December 2023 eNews
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Further insights into our broken child ‘support’ system from ⁦Juanita McLaren⁩ - speaking truth to power. ⁦Terese_NCSMC⁩ ⁦Amanda Rishworth MP⁩ ⁦Toni Wren⁩ canberratimes.com.au/story/8405891/…

With the Govt progressing plans to build 60,000 homes across 10 established areas of Melbourne, it’s vital that social housing is part of the mix. People on low incomes need to live close to jobs, schools and transport, and to have affordable rents.

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Register now for the 24th Annual Hawke Lecture to be delivered by Professor Dr Marcia Langton AO unisa.edu.au/connect/hawke-…

🏠Delighted our #DP24 Precarious Housing, Housing Assistance & Wellbeing ARC study is funded! With stellar team Rachel Ong ViforJ, Mike Dockery, Marietta Haffner BankwestCurtinEC Swinburne University of Technology School of Social Sciences, Media, Film & Education TU Delft #housing

Juanita receives $13 a week for 2 children from their Dad. 57% of 1 million kids get less than $100 a week. If they get it.

Child support is preventable poverty - Dad’s need to pay their fair share.

Good to see this from ⁦Amanda Rishworth MP⁩ in response to ⁦The Project⁩ child support story 27/10/23 last day of #APW23 ⁦Anti-Poverty Week⁩, National Single Mother Families CEO ⁦Terese_NCSMC⁩ and ⁦Juanita McLaren⁩ 10play.com.au/theproject/art…

Here is the full ABC News Breakfast interview with Terese_NCSMC CEO Single Mother Families Australia, about the need to address the $1.7billion #childsupport debt owed to half a million children. youtu.be/S-FbZILGnRo?si… via YouTube

What is the income penalty & how is it connected to poverty at childbirth?

This Power to Persuade article explores the impacts of income changes during the #first1000days & the role of family payments in moderating #poverty 📰🔗bit.ly/3ZP9GRv
Melbourne Institute