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Current Parity Issue
The November "Responding to Homelessness in Tasmania" Edition of Parity
November 2011
CONTENTS
Foreword
Cassy O’Connor, MP,Minister for Human Services
Editorial
Jenny Smith, CEO, Council to Homeless Persons
Feature: Responding to Homelessness in Tasmania
Putting the Pieces Together
Introduction
Pieces of the Jigsaw: Homelessness in Tasmania
By Dr Anne Coleman, Guest Editor, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania
Chapter 1: Homelessness in Tasmania
Homelessness in Tasmania
By Compliance and Corporate Support, Housing Tasmania, Department of Health and Human Services
Tasmania’s Approach for Supporting People who are Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness
By Housing Strategy, Housing Tasmania, Department of Health and Human Services
Homelessness and Affordable Housing in Hobart
By Simon Duffy, Community Inclusion Coordinator, Community Development, Hobart City Council
Chapter 2: The Policy Framework
The Homelessness Policy Framework in Tasmania
By Housing Strategy, Housing Tasmania, Department of Health and Human Services
The Tasmanian Homelessness Plan 2010–2013: Coming in from the cold
By Housing Strategy, Housing Tasmania, Department of Health and Human Services
Tasmanian Social Housing Policy: From Affordable Housing Strategy to Tasmanian Affordable Housing Limited
By Jed Donoghue, Manager Housing and Homeless Stream, Salvation Army Tasmania and Dr Ellie Francis-Brophy, Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK
Counting the Homeless: ABS Revised Estimation Methodology
By Housing Strategy, Housing Tasmania, Department of Health and Human Services
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple” or are they?
By Andrea Witt and Belinda Jones, Shelter Tasmania
Hobart City Council’s Policy Response to Homelessness and Affordable Housing in Hobart
By Simon Duffy, Community Inclusion Coordinator, Community Development, Hobart City Council
Understanding the Problem of Homelessness
By Keith Jacobs, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania
New Ways of Working
By Housing Strategy, Housing Tasmania, Department of Health and Human Services
Chapter 3: Key Themes and Issues in the Response to Homelessness in Tasmania
Keeping the ‘public’ in Public Spaces
By Anne Coleman, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania
“Gimme Shelter!” — Where is the Voice of Tasmania’s Homeless Men?
By Julian Northmore, Colony Outreach Support Service (COSS)
Shelter from the Storm: The Demand for Community Housing
By Jed Donoghue, Manager, Housing and Homeless Stream, Salvation Army Tasmania and Bruce Tranter, Associate Professor, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania
Key Hobart City Council Actions in Response to Homelessness and Affordable Housing in Hobart
By Simon Duffy, Community Inclusion Coordinator, Community Development, Hobart City Council
Young People Leaving Care Transition Program
By Housing Strategy, Housing Tasmania, Department of Health and Human Services
Age a Key Issue
By the Karinya Team, Karinya Young Women’s Service
Tasmanian’s Mental Health and Homelessness Symposium
By Michelle Swallow, Mental Health Council of Tasmania, Jane Carlson, Anglicare Tasmania, Pattie Chugg, Shelter Tasmania and Toni Law, Mental Health Council of Tasmania
A Journey to Independence
By Shari Collis, Youth Services Manager, Colony 47
Recognising Homelessness in Public Space: Intolerance and Invisibility
By Tristan S. Ferguson, University of Tasmania
Strata Title Legislation and the Implications for Homelessness
By Erika Altmann, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania
Avoiding the ‘Double Whammy’ — Personal Strategies to Prevent Mental Ill-Health and Homelessness in Tasmania
By Anita Pryor, Anglicare Tasmania Social Action and Research Centre
Domestic Violence and Homelessness in Tasmania
By Diane Burton, Team Leader, McCombe House and Jed Donoghue, Manager Housing and Homeless Stream, the Salvation Army Tasmania
Supporting Children Made Homeless by Family Violence: An Update on the Safe from the Start Project
By Dr. Angela Spinney, SISR, Swinburne University, Melbourne
Private Rental Support: An Effective Homelessness Prevention Strategy
By Jenny Forrest, Senior Private Rental Support Scheme (PRSS) Worker, Anglicare Tasmania
Busting the Myths about Quality
By Kate Lord and Shandell Elmer, Quality Management Services (QMS) Tasmania
Chapter 4: Consumers, Clients and the Voices of the Homeless
An Interview with Mark Hay
By Julian Northmore, Colony Outreach Support Service (COSS)
Nightmare to Dream
By Colin
Skye’s Story
By Skye
Voices from Colony 47
Chapter 5: Program and Service Responses to Homelessness in Tasmania
What Makes a (Boarding) House a Home?
By Louise Bieser, Northern Area Manager, Housing and Homeless Services, Anglicare Tasmania Inc
Centacare Tasmania Housing Programs
By Centacare Tasmania
“Silver Lining”… Engaging Marginalised Families: Innovative, Inclusive, Self-determining, Responsive and Respectful
By Erin Breen, Silver Lining Project Worker and Mim Domanska, CTSS and Silver Lining Team Leader, Centacare, Launceston, Tasmania
Common Ground Tasmania: Introducing Common Ground Supportive Housing to Tasmania
By Elizabeth Thomas, Managing Director, Common Ground Tasmania
Centrelink and Homelessness in Tasmania
By Lara Kirkpatrick, Public Affairs and Media Officer, State, Emergencies and Events Communication, Communication Division, Department of Human Services
Family Literacy and Vocational, Education, Resource and Support Pilot Program (FLAVERS)
By Wendy Meek, Project Coordinator, FLAVERS at Hobart Women’s Shelter and Women’s Creative Leadership Program
Empowering Women in Crisis, Magnolia Place, Launceston Women’s Shelter
By Carolyn Banks, Response Tenancy Worker, Magnolia Place, Launceston Women’s Shelter
Providing Services for Single Fathers
By Jon Richings and Haidee Fullard, Support Workers ACCESS North West
STAY: Positive, Healthy, Connected and Housed
By Kevin Preen, State Coordinator, STAY Program and Jacinta Atkins, Mark Thorp and Phoebe Scott Perry, Centacare Tasmania
Reintegration for Ex-Offenders
By Don McCrae, Senior Case Manager in the Salvation Army (REO) Reintegration for Ex-Offenders (REO) Program
Young Mums with Nowhere to Go
By Karinya Young, Women’s Service
Opinion
Pattie Chugg
CEO Shelter Tasmania
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