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Homeless person sitting outside on a cold grey day, wearing well-worn jacket, long pants, beanie and a hoodie, trying to warm up his hands, and looking sad and alone.

New options

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…
Two people standing closely together outside on a partly cloudy day, the person on the left is holding a white cane and is wearing glasses, the other person is looking up at him and smiling

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…

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…