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YWCA National Housing Now Tier 2 Community Housing Provider

This change of tier assessment came into effect on the 23 October 2023 and reflects the increase in property portfolio […]

YWCA Australia welcomes Federal Government’s housing package as a strong foundation for addressing Australia’s gendered housing crisis

Under the clouds of inflation, both women and Australia’s rental and housing crisis were front and centre in the federal […]

YWCA Australia welcomes summit solutions to combat homelessness in Queensland

The Queensland Housing Summit today addressed the need for an urgent fix to combat the increasing housing crisis across the […]

Rental Stress and Housing Insecurity

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data from 2019/2020 reveals just how bad things are for young people. Renters aged 15-24, […]

Violence or poverty? Women shouldn’t have to choose

One of the common (and frankly, extremely ignorant) remarks made when talking about domestic violence in Australia is the question […]

One million vacant properties – a homelessness solution?

Early insights from the 2021 Census data have been released this week, with some shocking results. Over one million dwellings […]