• The Hobart Women’s Shelter has turned away 1,759 women and children since July 2020, which equates to 8 out of 10 of the women and children who have made contact seeking crisis accommodation.
• Women in Tasmania form 72% of people who are turned away from specialist homelessness services (AIHW 20/21). This represents the highest proportion of women who are unassisted in any state in Australia.

On Monday, Hobart City Council voted to support a proposal to stop more entire homes in Hobart from being turned into short stay accommodation. The proposal will go to the Tasmanian Planning Commission for another round of scrutiny and approval. If the Commission approves the proposal, it would restrict new whole-house short-stays in areas marked as General Residential Zones, Inner Residential Zones, and Low Density Industrial Zones in the Hobart City area.

For more background about the impact of Short Stay accommodation on Tasmania’s housing crisis, see our recent report - Monitoring the Impact of Short-Term rentals on Tasmanian Housing Markets.

Homelessness Week raises awareness of people experiencing homelessness, the issues they face and the action needed to achieve enduring solutions. Homelessness Week is a national event, with events held across Australia.

The Tasmanian #HW2022 Events Calendar on the Shelter Tas website is taking shape nicely, with all kinds of events planned by a range of organisations right around the state. Make sure you check it out!

If you are planning an event, please get in touch and let us know about it so we can promote it alongside the other fantastic events scheduled for the week. There are also resources and information that will come in handy for your event on the Shelter Tas website.

If you have any questions, please contact Dan on 6224 5488 or at training@sheltertas.org.au to discuss. 

People with disabilities have diverse housing needs and are one of several groups at heightened risk of poor housing outcomes. With changing community attitudes and expectations, living options for persons with disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities and high support needs, have evolved too. 

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The National Homelessness Conference 2022, through the generosity of Mission Australia, is offering a limited number of supported registrations, in-person and virtual, for people with a lived experience of homelessness to attend this year’s conference.

Sponsorship for in-person attendance will include travel, accommodation, transfers and full registration for the conference - to be held in Canberra from 8-10 August 2022. 

If you or a client would like to attend, please complete this form and return by email to ceo@sheltertas.org.au. Applications will be reviewed by the conference organisers. 

AHURI, in partnership with Homelessness Australia, will convene the National Homelessness Conference 2022 as a hybrid event this year -  held simultaneously in Canberra and online.

The conference program is now available and outlines all conference sessions across the three days. Some of the key topics include:

• Are COVID responses the building blocks for a national plan to end homelessness
• Closing the gap on housing outcomes for indigenous Australians
• Is the climate crisis an impending homelessness crisis?
• Unhoused - a game changing media campaign?

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The consultation period for the State Planning Provisions Review has been extended by two weeks, and will now close on 12 August 2022.

The SPPs Review Scoping Paper has been prepared to assist you with providing feedback. The Scoping Paper and a range of other information can be viewed via the 'Have Your Say' area at www.planningreform.tas.gov.au.

Written submissions can be made until close of business on Friday, 12 August 2022 via email to yoursay.planning@dpac.tas.gov.au, or by post to (address available on the website).

Enquiries can be directed to stateplanning@dpac.tas.gov.au or call 1300 703 977.

Drug overdose continues to impact many Tasmanians. In the past five years, more Tasmanians died from unintentional drug overdose than in car crashes. 

The Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Council (ATDC) is asking Tasmanians to fold origami cranes for International Overdose Awareness Day on 31st August 2022.

According to Japanese tradition, if you fold 1,000 origami cranes you will be granted a wish. The ATDC is calling on members of the Tasmanian community to help fold Japanese origami cranes to contribute to artworks across the state raising awareness of overdose and to wish for an end to overdose in our community.

For more information on how you can get involved, loads of resources and events to attend, go to the ATDC website, or contact Ruzina at ruzina@atdc.org.au 6231 5002.