People in NSW find adequate and secure places to live, and individual needs are assessed to ensure socially and culturally appropriate outcomes Creating pathways into housing Access to affordable housing can prevent homelessness and can provide a pathway out of homelessness. The NSW Government is taking action to create pathways into housing, including: delivering which will increase the Future Directions for Social Housing in NSW ●● supply of social and affordable housing in NSW and increase investment in private rental products delivering the Social and Affordable Housing Fund will deliver access to ●● 3,000 additional social and affordable homes over four years. People living in these homes will receive support to become more independent and, where feasible, move out of social housing increasing the number of households successfully transitioning out of social ●● housing - a State Priority reducing youth homelessness by increasing the proportion of young ●● people moving from specialist homelessness services to long term accommodation - a Premier’s Priority increasing housing supply by delivering 50,000 new housing approvals each ●● year - a State Priority investing $25 million over the next four years in the Staying Home Leaving ●● Violence program to ensure women and children experiencing domestic or family violence can stay safely in their family home or a home of their choice investing $22 million in Start Safely to provide short to medium-term financial ●● help for people escaping domestic and family violence. Potential opportunities to create better pathways into housing include: investigating planning opportunities to increase the supply of affordable housing ●● investing in new social and affordable housing through Future Directions ●● (Social and Affordable Housing Fund and Communities Plus) boosting private rental products to support households to access and sustain ●● private rental tenancies increasing access to housing for people who are sleeping rough ●● first’ response to tackle chronic homelessness ‘housing ●● increasing housing options to support women and children experiencing ●● domestic and family violence to transition out of crisis.
People in NSW find adequate and secure places to live, and individual needs are assessed to ensure socially and culturally appropriate outcomes Creating pathways into housing Access to affordable housing can prevent homelessness and can provide a pathway out of homelessness. The NSW Government is taking action to create pathways into housing, including: ●● delivering Future Directions for Social Housing in NSW which will increase the supply of social and affordable housing in NSW and increase investment in private rental products ●● delivering the Social and Affordable Housing Fund will deliver access to 3,000 additional social and affordable homes over four years. People living in these homes will receive support to become more independent and, where feasible, move out of social housing ●● increasing the number of households successfully transitioning out of social housing - a State Priority ●● reducing youth homelessness by increasing the proportion of young people moving from specialist homelessness services to long term accommodation - a Premier’s Priority ●● increasing housing supply by delivering 50,000 new housing approvals each year - a State Priority ●● investing $25 million over the next four years in the Staying Home Leaving Violence program to ensure women and children experiencing domestic or family violence can stay safely in their family home or a home of their choice ●● investing $22 million in Start Safely to provide short to medium-term financial help for people escaping domestic and family violence. Potential opportunities to create better pathways into housing include: ●● investigating planning opportunities to increase the supply of affordable housing ●● investing in new social and affordable housing through Future Directions (Social and Affordable Housing Fund and Communities Plus) ●● boosting private rental products to support households to access and sustain private rental tenancies ●● increasing access to housing for people who are sleeping rough ●● ‘housing first’ response to tackle chronic homelessness ●● increasing housing options to support women and children experiencing domestic and family violence to transition out of crisis.
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