The Allan government is set to slash funding for a program with proven success at getting people off the streets, despite a decline in the number of housing spots available for homeless Victorians over six months last year.
Some 1500 fewer people will benefit from the state’s From Homelessness to a Home scheme when its funding is cut from July, government tender documents seen byshow. Just 500 new clients experiencing rough sleeping or other forms of persistent homelessness will benefit over three years under the overhaul.
was established to house rough sleepers in hotels during the pandemic and to provide permanent homes and support services when lockdowns ended. The state government did not answer questions about the program’s overhaul.Council to Homeless Persons chief executive Deborah Di Natale accused the government of quietly cutting a homelessness initiative with a 90 per cent success rate.
Cheltenham resident Mark Barlow, 61, is one of the thousands of people who have been through the From Homelessness to a Home program and now live in permanent housing.The former cleaner became homeless after a relationship breakdown and had to live in a Mornington motel, paid for by local community groups, for about 12 months during the pandemic. He now lives in a two-bedroom apartment close to Southland shopping centre, with a bus stop outside his front door.
While the government says it has built thousands of affordable homes this decade and it has a few months remaining to ensure net growth year-on-year, opposition housing spokesman Richard Riordan said the numbers were a damning indictment.
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