Homelessness Australia (HA) is the national

peak body organisation A peak organisation or peak body is an Australian term for an advocacy group or trade association, an association of industries or groups with allied interests. They are generally established for the purposes of developing standards and processes ...

for homelessness services and homeless people in Australia. The organisation provides systemic advocacy for the sector and works in collaboration with support services, state and national homelessness organisations, other peak organisations, government agencies and the broader community. Homelessness Australia was formed in late 1998 as the Australian Federation of Homelessness Organisations (AFHO) by the Council to Homeless Persons Australia (CHPA), National Youth Coalition for Housing (NYCH), and Women's Services Network (WESNET). The organisation was established with the mission of advancing research and promoting national policy and action to reduce homelessness.

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The organisation maintains that without strong national peak bodies, government decision makers may ignore the important welfare issues of affordable housing and homelessness. HA and other homelessness services launched a #VoteHome campaign, proposing that government assist in halving the number of homeless by 2025. HA has stated that the often cited statistics on homelessness do not reflect those "on the verge" of homelessness, which they estimate to be at 850,000.

Events

Since 2007, Homelessness Australia has coordinated a national awareness week for homeless people,

Homeless Persons' Week Homeless Persons' Week (HPW) is an annual event publicizing the plight of homeless people in Australia. The event is held in the first full week of August each year, and is coordinated by Homelessness Australia, the peak body organisation for the ...

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