Continuing Efforts Toward Solving Homelessness in Australia, New Zealand, Haiti and the U.S.
- Tiffany Connolly
- Aug 4, 2017
- 3 min read
Homelessness Week 2017 in Australia
Next week, August 7-13, is Homelessness Week 2017 in Australia. This annual week of raising awareness of homelessness is coordinated by Homelessness Australia (HA), the national peak body providing the country with systemic advocacy for the homelessness sector. This year's theme for the week is 'Action and Innovation'. This theme will highlight the numerous effective strategies and services implemented in response to homelessness. Although the organization does not currently hold events for the week, they develop a campaign theme and share public resources, such as information sheets, while promoting events being held by other organizations across the country. Follow along the week's events using #100Khomes #endhomelessness and #HW2017.
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Manurewa Politicians Call for Meeting to Address Solutions to Homelessness
Community politicians of Manurewa - a suburb south of Auckland, New Zealand - are calling on the Minister to allow for more funding and support to help solve local homelessness. Chris Harrowell reports that local Board Chairwoman Angela Dalton and Manurewa-Papakura Ward Councilor Daniel Newman have requested a meeting with the Social Development Minister to address the issue. The community is advocating for the local and central government to establish policies and provide funding to help end rough sleeping. Last week, people gathered in the South Auckland suburb to show their support in solving the issue after the recent death of a man experiencing homelessness in the community. According to the article, Auckland mayor, Phil Goff, and Social Housing Minister Amy Adams launched a housing first initiative earlier this year - a joint project between the council, government, and five community social housing providers put in place to help solve the issue.
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Families in Haiti Receive Keys to Their New Homes
Concern Worldwide is working to ultimately eliminate extreme poverty across the world. The organization made a great effort toward that goal this week by providing families in need with housing in Haiti's Grand Ravine community. The Le Nouvelliste article says that in collaboration with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Concern developed 12 apartment complexes to house 48 families living in extreme poverty. This initiative was carried out as part of the 'Program to Support Reconstruction and Neighborhood Development in Grand-Ravine'. The recipients were given keys to their new homes at a ceremony earlier this week, where both organizations also shared their future plans for providing aid to people in need across Haiti.
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Juneau, Alaska's Housing First Facility Set to Open in September
A housing first led facility in Juneau, Alaska is set to open its doors to people experiencing homelessness in the city in mid-September. Jacob Resneck of KTOO stated that the facility was originally expected to open earlier this summer however, its opening is now being postponed. The goal of the project is to provide 32 people with permanent housing and on-site medical care via the facility's clinic. Resneck reports that the development of Alder Manor has received funding from a number of sources, including the City and Borough of Juneau, who funded about 2.7 million dollars. Housing first project manager, Mariya Lovishchuk, stated "projects like this do end up saving money in emergency service utilization and they also really improve the quality of life in the community for both the tenants of the facilities as well as for the general public.”
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