Homelessness

Homelessness

1. CAUSES

   • Lack of Income
     • Unemployment, Gambling, Domestic Violence,
       • Health Disability Issues, Mental Health/Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Incarceration, Increase in Cost of Living/Poverty
   • Affordability
     • Housing Prices, Demand and Supply,

2. EFFECTS

   • Increase in Socio Economic Problems
     • Economic Problems
       • Increase in Government Expenditure
     • Social Problems
       • Increase in Crime, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Negative Impact on Health and Wellbeing, Decline in Literacy Levels, Growth in Temporary Dwellings and Sleeping Rough

3. REMEDIES/SOLUTIONS

   • Government Initiatives
     • Community Housing, Transistional Housing, Rooming Houses, Caravan Parks, Refuges/Crisis Housing, Private Housing
   • Social Security
     • Centerlink, Medicare

4. CONSTRAINTS

   • Government Legislation, Agency Policies & Procedures, Lack of Funding/Resources, Cultural/Language Barriers, Systems Failures and Abuse

5. OUTCOMES/RESULTS

   • Negative
     • Continuous Growth in Homelessnss
       • Increase in Immigration/Refugees, Dependency on Social Security,
   • Positive
     • Increased Awareness,, Increase in Government Funding/Resources Affordable Housing Schemes,, Short and Long Term Plans/Programmes to Break the Cycle of Homelessness