Homelessness is a continuing problem in Victoria (O’Sullivan 2017). There is also insufficient public housing and community housing (including affordable housing), together which we may call social housing. Moreover, serious questions remain about current government social housing policy in Victoria. …
Homelessness in Victoria by Jenny Smith
Jenny Smith presented a talk about Homelessness in Victoria at the last NWMA meeting on Tuesday 21st March 2017. The presentation was well received and is available here: [gview file=”https://www.nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/20170321-homelessnessInVictoriaJennySmith.pdf”]
Report from the 2015 Homelessness Action Group Community Forum
On the 19th of November 2015, the Homelessness Action Group held a community forum. Minutes below: [gview file=”https://www.nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015-HAG-Community-Forum.pdf”]
In-Home Display Technology Pilot (Free trial)
The City of Melbourne and Untapped Energy are working together to run an energy usage pilot project within households in the municipality. Untapped Energy is a business formed and run by university students. This pilot program provides Untapped Energy staff …
Invitation to the Health and Homelessness Community Forum
A community forum to discuss Health and Homelessness will be held on Wednesday 1st May in The Meeting Room at the North Melbourne Town Hall. Registration is from 9.30am, the forum is from 10am-12pm with refreshments afterwards. Adam Bandt, Federal …
Series: Ideas for Melbourne: Ending homlessness
Last month, as part of the series “Ideas for Melbourne: Ending homelessness”, Lorraine Siska took notes of a discussion between Alan Attwood (founder and editor of The Big Issue), Heather Holst (manager/spokeperson of Homeground), Suzy Freeman-Green (journalist for The Age) …
VEC Review of City of Melbourne Wards and Councillor numbers
The electoral representation review (ERR) of Melbourne City Council will commence on Monday, 24 October. The review will consider the appropriate number of the councillors for the municipality and whether the City should be divided into wards. For more information …
Woolworths development proposal – Canning St, Vaughan Terrace, Macaulay Road
A $110 million North Melbourne development proposed by supermarket giant Woolworths. [mappress mapid=”4″] The plans include two residential towers of 16 and 10 storeys, a supermarket of over 4000 m2 and an attached bottle shop. Also include are 9 specialty …
Agenda for June 2011 general meeting: Structure Plan briefing.
The Association has arranged for David Mayes and the Strategic Planning Team from the City of Melbourne to brief members and other interested residents on the contents of the two structure plans that affect our area. These are the City …
Meet the Candidates.
A very successful event was held in the Supper Room of the North Melbounrne Town Hall on Tuesday night. All seven candidates were in attendance and most questions were responded to by all. The attendance was around 150, which was …
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