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Talking points Domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness but there isn’t enough affordable housing for families. Michele Adair, CEO of Housing Trust, has revealed she almost ended up on the street herself with her two children. Experts say building more social housing, where vulnerable people only pay 25-30% of their income on rent, would also create jobs. Advertisement One day, not long after Michele Adair turned nine, she came home from school to find her young, successful father had died. It had been a sudden and brutal illness, pancreatic cancer striking at 46, but Adair...

The former homeless woman who found a sanctuary and art during COVID We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement At the beginning of 2020, Painter was living on the streets, struggling with addiction and the physical and mental scars from an abusive relationship. Fast forward a year and on Sunday she is holding an art exhibition - From Adversity to Creativity - hosted by the owner of serviced apartments in East Melbourne whom Painter credits with saving her life. Painter with some of the artworks from her exhibition Fro...

Household debt escalates as Victorian struggle to pay bills We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Household debt has skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic, with Victorians now owing more than $103 million to gas and electricity retailers for unpaid bills. Debt has risen by 35 per cent since April 2020, according to new data from the Essential Services Commission that highlights the perilous financial state many Victorians find themselves in. Jen has fallen behind on her utility bills and fears she wil...

‘My life fell out from underneath me,’ says Peter Shnek, 56, who lost his job at a firewood business when state borders closed in March.

Groups team up to find homelessness solutions COMMUNITY groups around Frankston have agreed to pool their resources together to help solve the high rate of local homelessness. The Frankston City Strategic Housing and Homelessness Alliance features 14 local organisations. The group’s chair Dr Gillian Kay said “ABS Census data showed that homelessness in Frankston City had increased by 14.7 per cent between 2011 and 2016” and “without the alliance we would expect to see further increases recorded in the 2021 Census.” “Our alliance believes that an adequate supply of affordable and a...