Oliver has a psychosocial disability and for 16 years, struggled to survive living on the Newstart allowance. Despite his best efforts to remain in stable home, and the treatment he received for his disability, he had regularly become homeless due…
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A safe place
Stan and Allie are both vision-impaired and had been moved from one temporary home to another, until they were finally forced to live together in an abusive environment where neither of them felt safe. After enduring a series of threats…
A place to call home
Leah has an acquired brain injury and psychosocial impairment and was living in an acute mental health unit of a public hospital for over five months. Prior to her admission, she had become homeless when the supports being provided by…
Pre-Budget Submission 2019: Invest to solve housing crisis for people with disability
PWDA, with the Summer Foundation, National Shelter, and the Australian Network for Universal Housing Design, have developed a package to address the housing crisis for many people with disability. The package includes measures to make more homes accessible, to increase…