Office for Homelessness & High Needs Housing

White Paper on Homelessness and

National Partnership Agreements

Tuesday 17th March 2009

Carol ShardManager

Homelessness and Community ProgramsDepartment for Families and Communities

White Paper on Homelessness and National Partnership Agreements

The National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA) will replace;

The Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA) Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP V) Agreement. and Capital Assistance Program (CAP)

Base funding has been secured

All SAAP contracts honoured until June 2010

Further detail on future directions and reforms to be announced by December 2009

National Partnership Agreement

Briefings on National Partnership and Strategic Reforms

5 Regional Briefings [early – mid April 2009]

Central Adelaide Northern Adelaide Southern Adelaide Riverland (Banrock Station) Eyre (Whyalla)

National Partnership Agreement (4 Year agreement – 2009 to 2013) addresses NEW effort and investment

Implementation Plan for the NP Agreement being written to reflect the voice of the sectors Strengthening effort Addressing gaps and weaknesses Addressing the 3 key strategies (Turning off the Tap, Breaking

the Cycle and Better Connected Services)

Green Paper gave opportunity to raise concerns and issues White Paper has set targets and benchmarks to address those

issues National Partnership Agreement furthers this effort

National Partnership Agreement

National Partnership Agreement

4 Core Outputs in the NP on Homelessness

A Place to Call Home initiative

Street to Home for chronic homeless people

Support for private and public housing tenants to help sustain their tenancies

Assistance for people leaving; child protection services correctional services health facilities

Additional Outputs Support services and accommodation for older people Services to assist homeless people with substance abuse Services to assist homeless people with mental health issues Support to assist young people Improvement in service coordination and provision Support for women and children experiencing domestic and family violence Assistance for homeless people to stabilise their situation and housing Outreach programs for rough sleepers National, state and rural homelessness action plans Support for children to maintain contact with education system Legal services Workforce development and career progression for workers

National Partnership Agreement

A Social Housing and Homelessness Reference Group has been established to progress the National Partnership State Implementation Plan Department of Premier and Cabinet, Department of Treasury and Finance, Social Inclusion Unit, Department for Families and Communities (Housing SA) Department of Health (Mental Health)

Implementation Plans will be finalised by the 1st April 2009. A working document Can be amended with consent of all parties

Reporting requirements 2 status reports to Commonwealth annually

July – December (completed by Jan 31st Yearly) January – June (completed by July 31st Yearly)

National Partnership Agreement

National Partnership Agreement on Nation Building and Jobs Plan (Stimulus Package)

The key outcomes expected to be achieved: Within 3 years around 20,000 new social housing dwellings will be built -

primarily for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness

Dwellings built will meet the needs of people on public housing waiting lists

New dwellings will provide around a 50% reduction in the waiting time for people with high housing needs on public housing lists

75% of new dwellings to be completed by Dec 2010

Around 2,500 existing public housing stock will become available that would otherwise become unfit for occupation

This initiative will provide an immediate stimulus to the building and construction industry

National Partnership Agreement on Nation Building and Jobs Plan (Stimulus Package)

1500 housing outcomes into South Australia Emphasis on housing homeless or at risk of homelessness

Proposed targets Youth Adults Families at risk Domestic Violence Exiting care Mental health Aged

All housing will have support attached – a key strategy and reform requirement - more detail to follow over the next month

20% targeted to indigenous outcomes

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