{"id":12322,"date":"2021-07-30T15:24:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=12322"},"modified":"2021-07-30T15:24:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:24:24","slug":"hundreds-of-homeless-given-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/30\/hundreds-of-homeless-given-accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of homeless given accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 700 people who were sleeping rough across NSW have been helped into temporary accommodation during the lockdown to keep them safe and prevent the spread of COVID-19.<br \/>\nMinister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Alister Henskens said the NSW Government has committed $22.3 million for temporary accommodation to support people sleeping rough during the latest outbreak.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re ramping up assertive outreach patrols across Greater Sydney to engage with people sleeping rough and offer them temporary accommodation,\u201d Mr Henskens said.<br \/>\n\u201cWhile providing immediate shelter during the lockdown is important, our focus is always to provide a pathway to secure, long-term housing.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will be working closely with people who come into temporary accommodation to find them a home, engage them with services and support and help them stay off the streets for good.\u201d<br \/>\nThe recently announced expansion of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcj.nsw.gov.au\/news-and-media\/media-releases\/budget-boost-to-help-rough-sleepers-break-the-cycle-of-homelessness\">Together Home<\/a>\u00a0will support more permanent housing solutions for people currently in temporary accommodation.<br \/>\nSince Together Home was established last year, more than 460 people who were sleeping rough have been helped into housing, after spending time in temporary accommodation.<br \/>\nTogether Home involves securing homes from the private rental market and delivers intensive tailored supports to meet the complex needs of the people in the program.<br \/>\nThe NSW Government has also committed an additional $10 million for rent assistance packages to help victims of domestic violence and young people secure or maintain housing in the private rental market.<br \/>\nAnyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness can call\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facs.nsw.gov.au\/housing\/help\/ways\/are-you-homeless\">Link2home<\/a>\u00a0on 1800 152 152. Staff are available 24-7 to provide information and referrals to services, including temporary accommodation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 700 people who were sleeping rough across NSW have been helped into temporary accommodation during the lockdown to keep them safe and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Alister Henskens said the NSW Government has committed $22.3 million for temporary accommodation to support people sleeping rough during &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/30\/hundreds-of-homeless-given-accommodation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hundreds of homeless given accommodation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}