Australia's Homeless Youth
The National Youth Commission into Youth Homelesness (NYC) is an independent community inquiry, the first since the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission inquiry in 1989 headed by Brian Burdekin. In 2007, the inquiry held hearings and gathered evidence from all accross Australia.
Click here to go to the NYC website to view the full report.
Quality Frameworks for Homelessness and Related Services – Literature Review and Environmental Scan
This report was commissioned by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) to conduct research aimed at facilitating an in-depth understanding of the quality frameworks which currently operate in Australia in relation to the provision of homelessness services. This final report was produced by Urbis in September 2009 and released January 2010.
This document provides a background to the homelessness sector based on a desk-based literature review and environmental scan, along with a series of interviews conducted with sectoral stakeholders and service providers.
Click here to read the full report