On 10 October 2019 around the world will mark World Homeless Day in many varied ways and change the lives of homeless people in their local community. Purpose The purpose of World Homeless Day is to draw attention to homeless people’s needs locally and provide opportunities for…
Come along to a day of compassion and support at this year’s Homeless Connect Days being held on: Thursday 3rd October: 9am-11am Ballina (Kentwell Community Centre) Thursday 10th October: 10am-2pm Lismore (The Winsome) Enjoy a free meal 🍲, haircut ✂️, entertainment 🎤 and access support services
John McKenna, NCCH CEO and Chair of the Community Housing Industry Association NSW, will be taking part in a webcast panel discussion on Monday 23 September 2019 from 2:30pm – 4:00pm on the topic of Housing, Communities & Neighbourhoods. We all need a home….
We are all very much aware of the homeless issue in our Northern Rivers Region and for this year’s Homelessness Week, the theme is Housing ends homelessness. Key messages are: Right now, more than 116,000 Australians are homeless On any given night in Australia, 1 in…
CEO John McKenna and Social Futures CEO Tony Davies were recently interviewed by NBN News regarding how dire the housing crisis is within the Page and Richmond electorates. “What we’d like to see at a national and state level is a clear housing strategy that lays…
The Everybody’s Home national campaign has issued a media release entitled “Almost 1 million Australian households left out in the cold by Government’s housing plan” with an accompanying scorecard (featured below) on the housing policies of the major parties, which shows Labor and the Greens way…
Every year, Anglicare Australia tests if it is possible for people on low incomes to rent a home in the private market. They do this by taking a snapshot of the thousands of properties listed for rent on realestate.com.au and they test whether each property is affordable and…
NCCH CEO, John McKenna, participated as a panellist at last night’s Thursday Night Live forum. He is pictured (2nd from left) with fellow panellists from Ian O’Reilly (Social Futures) and researcher Dr Sandy Darab (Southern Cross University) and event facilitator, Adele Wessell. The Northern Rivers faces significant…
A report recently released by welfare organisation Anglicare, raises concerns about the lack of affordable rental properties for pensioners and low income earners. Click here to read an article and/or listen to the interview with Northern Rivers local, Jenny Dowling, which was featured on ABC…
CEO John McKenna was recently interviewed by Leah McLennan for the Government News publication in response to Anglicare Australia’s Annual Rental Affordability Snapshot which was released on 29 April. Mr McKenna, who is Chair of Community Housing Industry Association NSW (CHIA NSW), has called for a State-wide…