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Without Safe Affordable Housing, Outreach Programs Just Recycle Crisis
Original: Haven’t we learned this yet? Assertive outreach & access to supports is important, but without offering safe, affordable
Commentators are arguing that assertive outreach and support services for people in housing crisis fall short unless paired with access to safe, affordable homes. Drawing on the history of deinstitutionalisation after state asylums closed, critics point to programs, most notably in Victoria, that once offered secure housing alongside support, warning that without it, services merely manage repeated cycles of crisis rather than resolving homelessness.
Why now: Ongoing concern about homelessness and housing affordability is prompting debate over whether support programs without housing actually work.
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