Homelessness Nsw

17/04/2026

Homelessness NSW A Place to Call Home Campaign.
Join us in making sure everyone in NSW can access a suitable home, and the services that support them can continue to do so. NSW Government needs to invest properly in homelessness services, because everyday they are struggling to meet demand. And everyday people are turned away at their most vulnerable, with nowhere to go. Sign our petition and join the campaign across NSW.

10/03/2026

The Homelessness NSW Conference is officially underway in beautiful Wollongong!

Over the next few days, the sector will come together around this year’s theme: A Place to Call Home – Strengthening Services, Sustaining Systems Change.

Thank you to our incredible sponsors who’ve made the conference possible.

Joining us tomorrow? Safe travels — we’ll see you soon!

16/12/2025

Early bird rates end 19 December!
We’re excited to share the full program for the 2026 Homelessness NSW Conference, taking place from 10–12 March at Novotel Wollongong Northbeach.
This year’s theme — A Place to Call Home: Strengthening Services, Sustaining Systems Change — brings together leaders, practitioners, policymakers and people with lived experience for three days of learning, collaboration and sector-wide action.
🌟 Program highlights include:
• A keynote address from Leilani Farha, Global Director of The Shift and one of the world’s foremost advocates for housing as a human right
• Panels on treaty opportunities, gender-based violence, climate resilience and local and cross-system collaboration
• Practical workshops on Housing First, innovative program design and responding to extreme weather
• Service showcases from across NSW and beyond
• Our always-popular Gala Dinner, with the Sector Achievement Award Ceremony for 2026.
Don’t miss your chance to attend at the early bird rate.
🔗 Register now https://homelessness.cw3.events/registration/
🔗 Explore the full program https://homelessness.cw3.events/event-agenda/
🔗Nominate for the Sector Achievement Awards https://homelessnessnsw.org.au/.../sector-achievement.../

09/12/2025

On Friday we celebrated the official launch of and the Support to Keep It — it was a powerful coming together of the homelessness sector, united for change.

Every day, 59 people are turned away from services, 68,000 households wait for social housing, and 700,000 people in NSW are at risk of homelessness.

We must move from crisis to prevention. With proper funding, better support for services, and more social homes. These solutions give people dignity, stability, and the chance to thrive.

Join the movement and call on the NSW Government for action, sign the petition here: https://homelessnessnsw.org.au/aplacetocallhome/get-involved/sign-the-petition/

Thank you to all our wonderful speakers and all the attendees who brought their passion and voices to the room! We can't wait to take this campaign further in the new year.

01/10/2025

We’re excited to launch A Place to Call Home – our new campaign to make sure everyone in NSW has the safety and stability of a home.

Right now, too many people are being turned away from services and left without suitable housing. Services are stretched to the limit – but together, we can change that.

This campaign will:
🏠 Shine a spotlight on the housing crisis
💡 Push for real solutions like properly funded services and more social housing

Our first step? We’re travelling across NSW to hold collaborative campaign workshops with the sector, and we want to hear from you!
➡️ Share ideas and experiences
➡️ Plan how to influence politicians and decision-makers in each community

Your voices will be at the forefront of everything we do, because this change cannot happen without you. So join us in fighting for bold, systemic change for those experiencing homelessness and the services working tirelessly to end it.

👉 Register now for a workshop near you and join the movement: https://homelessnessnsw.org.au/aplacetocallhome

20/08/2025

We’re excited to announce that early-bird registrations are now open for the Homelessness NSW Conference 2026 – our biannual gathering of people and ideas to drive meaningful change in homelessness.

📅 10–12 March 2026
📍 Novotel Wollongong Northbeach, Dharawal Country

Featuring international keynote speakers Haehaetu Barrett (NZ) and Leilani Farha (Canada), plus practical workshops, lived experience insights, and our celebratory Gala Dinner.

Visit the conference website to learn more. Don’t miss this chance to connect, learn, and shape what comes next.

👉 Register now: https://homelessness.cw3.events/

29/07/2025

Last week, our CEO Dom Rowe travelled across the Northern Rivers, visiting services that embody compassion, community, and courage in the face of housing crisis.
From Lismore to Tweed, we met incredible frontline workers and volunteers delivering life changing support and safety to those without a home.
🏡 The Winsome – A beautiful example of what’s possible when community wraps around people in need. Soup kitchen, doctors, beds..
🏠 Sorley Street by Social Futures – 70-bed supported accommodation for older people and people with disability. A place of calm and dignity, where cooking a first meal in a real kitchen marks a new beginning.
🏠Momentum Collective – Supporting people doing it tough with wraparound support, practical help, and genuine care across the Northern Rivers.
Every one of these services is a reminder that real housing solutions come from community-led, trauma-informed, culturally safe approaches and they need to be funded and expanded, not left to run on love alone.

Thank you to all the teams who shared their stories and work with us. Swipe through to see all the services we visited!

22/07/2025

We’re counting down to our Homelessness Week 2025 event:
Building Strong Foundations: Housing First Approaches for NSW
📅 Thursday 7 August, 2:30–5:30pm
📍 Lower Town Hall, Sydney

This event brings together voices from across the sector to explore how informal alliances, local innovation, and culturally adapted models are strengthening responses to complex homelessness, particularly in regional and Aboriginal communities.
🎤 Hear from:
✔️ Noongar Mia Mia – on culturally adapted Housing First in WA with Leonie Pickett and Tina Ugle.
✔️ Sora Community Services – practice-led insights from Tamworth with Lynda Townsend
✔️ Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) – research and systems-level context with Tom Alves
✔️ Homes NSW – leadership from CEO Rebecca Pinkstone
Plus a catered networking session to connect with peers and leaders in the field.

🎟️ Tickets $50 - spaces are filling fast!
Free event for members (email us for the code)

👉 Register here

Homelessness NSW are scheduling a sector event for 2025 Homelessness Week which seeks to increase understanding of Housing First.