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Total fund
$100M
Fund allocations
$25M
Temporary Accommodation
Reduce the cost of temporary accommodation
Emergency accommodation in low-cost hotels, motels, caravan parks, boarding houses and similar accommodation for people who are experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness is expensive.
Average nightly rate — single person (regional NSW)
$165
Average nightly rate — single person (metro NSW)
$185
Average nightly rate — family of 4 or fewer
$210
Average nightly rate — family of more than 4
$245
Annual cost of hotels and crisis accommodation
$458,000,000
Reduce the length of stay in temporary accommodation
Temporary accommodation is designed to meet a gap in the service system by providing a short-term accommodation response for people without complex needs while they arrange more suitable longer-term accommodation.
Average number of nights in temporary accommodation
27 nights
Reduce the need for repeat stays in temporary accommodation
Share of clients with a prior stay in temporary accommodation
0.33
Services and Systemic Reform
Increase access to support
ExperimentalSupport services for those with complex needs are fragmented. The 10 year Homelessness strategy aims to improve that coordination. With better support, the pathway to permanent housing might improve.
Two-way pathway analysis
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Risk uplift
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Cost difference
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Coverage
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Encourage flexible use of properties and services
ExperimentalIn anticipation of reduced demand for temporary accommodation, flexible use is identified as a value. No data that informs a timeline to having supply in excess of capacity has been provided. The Homelessness Action Plan for 2025-27 says that it will use demountable buildings on vacant properties to improve supply of temporary accommodation.
Attract co-contributions
ExperimentalContributions from those in the housing sector of any kind, including case management support, land, properties, cash/equity, debt, tax concessions, philanthropic donations, reduced or avoided costs, or in-kind contributions are sought. The value and quantum of those contributions form part of the assessment profile for applications to the fund. An innovation fund should catalyse transformation and unlock solutions. If this fund can harness assets, then this assessment criteria has merit. It may also discourage upstarts who do not have existing resources.
Transform current accommodation and/or service responses
ExperimentalThe goal is to accommodate more people, and to give them better housing outcomes. Cohort specific programs, different approaches for those with complex needs, cultural sensitivity, and improved methods of triage are ways that services could be improved.
Test new service delivery approaches
ExperimentalIn-action research to support homelessness services find improved solutions. The scale of the problem is significant. Resources are constrained. New solutions are needed.
Adapt to changing need and demand for services
ExperimentalIncrease the flexibility of assets and supports so they can better respond to client needs. No rationale has been provided.