Ending Homelessness with Orange Sky Australia

In case you missed it, we've proudly announced our new partnership with Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH) where we are backing a shared goal, that together, we can end homelessness in Australia. Now it's time to hear from our co-founder, Lucas, as he shares more about what this partnership means for Orange Sky. You can also learn more about this partnership by visiting our website https://bit.ly/4ziO8gx 🧡

Food and shelter are becoming increasingly difficult to afford, even for working people. Across our community, United Way Waterloo Region and our funded partners are helping people access the support they need. Impact: Almost 3,000 people were diverted from homelessness or emergency shelter through Argus Residence for Young People's First Connect service in 2025–2026, connecting them with the support they needed to find stable housing. This is what collective impact looks like. Read our Annual Report to see what we’ve accomplished together across Waterloo Region: https://lnkd.in/gaqsM3BN

The Aboriginal Housing Company Ltd had the opportunity to partner with AHI to host a vital conversation on tackling First Nations homelessness in Australia. The First Nations Homelessness Conference took place in the AHC’s Mungejup Gallery, surrounded by decades of history. The event inspired several guest speakers to share their lived experiences and their vision for building a future where we are not just managing homelessness, but addressing it head-on. Thank you Australasian Housing Institute and Unis Goh Adell Hyslop and the rest of the team for making this the first of many important conversations that mobilise into action.

We are delighted to share news of our new homelessness prevention project: Upstream. 🏠 Working in partnership with The Basement Project, we are piloting the programme in local schools, including Stourport High School and Baxter College, and they will be working with North and South Bromsgrove High Schools. ❤️💙 Upstream will help identify and support young people aged 11–16 who may be at risk of future homelessness, before difficulties escalate. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/g7KEgYfW

Homelessness in Aberdeen can be closer to home than we realise. It doesn’t always mean sleeping on the streets. It can affect young people, working people and families, often in ways we don’t immediately see. But it isn’t inevitable. Three years ago, partners across Aberdeen came together through Homewards Aberdeen around a shared belief: homelessness can be prevented. Since then, they’ve been working together to understand what puts people at risk and how earlier action can help. And that means changing the conversation too. Aberdeen Prevents is about helping people across the city recognise homelessness differently, understand what prevention can look like and see the part we can all play. Because if we can see the risk earlier, we can act earlier. And together, we can prevent homelessness. #Aberdeenprevents #WorldHomelessDay The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales (Data Source: Scottish Government (2026),Youth Homelessness in Scotland)

Partnership between Turning Point Scotland and Fife Council is helping people at risk of homelessness access the right support at the right time. For more than a year, Turning Point Scotland Community Navigators have been supporting people in Fife who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. This role forms part of the partnership, which also includes working with Fife College, supporting a Whole System Approach to preventing homelessness. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eaSK-_mC

Footy finals are a special time in Melbourne – but big events like these add extra pressure on our stretched homelessness system. Here’s why… Victoria has 728 crisis accommodation properties. Last year, 31,869 people asked homelessness services for short-term crisis accommodation. Due to this severe lack of places, services rely on motels to house people who need a bed for the night. Big events like the Grand Final mean more people booking into motels, meaning it’s even tougher for those in need to find a safe place to sleep. Victoria deserves better than this patchwork system. This election, we’re calling for a Victorian Homelessness Strategy, for an all-of-government response to our state's homelessness crisis. Download our Election Priorities Guide to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gp3CVdkp

In a recent piece in the Clarion Ledger, Downtown Jackson Partners President Liz Brister shares the story behind Homeward JXN, a new citywide initiative bringing public and private partners together around a coordinated strategy on street homelessness. Over the next two years, Homeward JXN aims to help 300 people living outside move into housing, quickly return 1,100 people new to homelessness to stability, and build a stronger response system for people living outside with the most complex needs. We’re proud to work alongside the City of Jackson, Downtown Jackson Partners, Mississippi Housing Partnership, Stewpot Community Services and other local partners as they turn this ambitious vision into real action on the ground.

A few years ago, when I began my role as Development Director with Hope House, one of the challenges I saw was that a dedicated community had been head down, leading, funding, and doing the work of better addressing homelessness. That had yielded real results for Milwaukee. The shifts that brought those results and that culture of letting the work speak had drawn me back to Hope House. But, I also saw the need for the work to be more accessible to those that wanted to help. Where do you begin if you want to see a community that truly values and houses everyone - but you don't know the HUD acronyms (or ever want to 😂)? Where can you get into the challenges, opportunities, and sticky points of this work - in addition to the success stories? That access is important for funding of course, but its also critical for accountability, new ideas, and ensuring more people understand the ramifications of housing policies on real people. One small piece of making sure more people can get in the conversation and join this work is next week's Hope Harvest event. I'm so grateful to Sam Woods for his generosity in moderating these conversations, and to Leslie Mason, Toni Guilani, and Clarissa Cameron for their willingness to share their incredible experience with us next week. Join us next Wednesday if you've been looking for ways to get in the conversation.

The newly announced National Policy Planning Framework sets out clear ambition: to ensure that everyone sleeping rough has a safe place to stay. This commitment echoes The National Plan to End Homelessness, which promises to remove barriers that prevent people from accessing accommodation. For Street Paws, and for the people we support, one barrier stands out above all others - the lack of pet friendly housing https://lnkd.in/eDr5WWdG Homeless Link Stefan Francis Donnelly