{"id":13079,"date":"2021-09-22T12:43:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13079"},"modified":"2021-09-22T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T12:43:11","slug":"more-rough-sleepers-into-secure-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/09\/22\/more-rough-sleepers-into-secure-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"More rough sleepers into secure homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 500 people who were previously sleeping rough now have a safe place to call home, one year on from the establishment of the NSW Government\u2019s landmark Together Home program.<br \/>\nMinister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Alister Henskens said the program was supporting some of the most vulnerable people in the community to access housing and specialist support to rebuild their lives.<br \/>\n\u201cThe past 12 months have been incredibly challenging, but the success of this program demonstrates that we can support people to break the cycle of homelessness,\u201d Mr Henskens said.<br \/>\n\u201cTogether Home is not just about putting a roof over their head, but instead addressing the complex needs of individuals, to ensure they get the support they need to improve their health and wellbeing.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facs.nsw.gov.au%2Fhousing%2Fhelp%2Fways%2Fare-you-homeless%2Ftogether-home&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7C7569d663413b4477a3b908d97d3f4d70%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C637678533241731915%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=bJ5HSO5WCrrKUkkxVyB33RztHrzxANVclNie2WOt8Z8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Together Home<\/a>\u00a0is being delivered in partnership with community housing providers, specialist homelessness services and healthcare agencies.<br \/>\nIt involves securing housing for rough sleepers from the private rental market and connecting them to tailored support services to address their individual needs.<br \/>\nThe NSW Government has invested a total of $122.1 million in the program, which is expected to help 1,050 people off the street and into housing.<br \/>\n\u201cTogether Home has already had a profound impact for the hundreds of people housed and I would like to thank all of the organisations that are working collaboratively with us to change lives for the better,\u201d Mr Henskens said.<br \/>\nTogether Home is a key contributor towards achieving the Premier\u2019s Priority of halving street sleeping across NSW by 2025.<br \/>\nAnyone who is homeless or is at risk of homelessness can call\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Fwww.facs.nsw.gov.au%2Fhousing%2Fhelp%2Fways%2Fare-you-homeless__%3B!!FvZmfVE!Q-zEkuZr9u8sCDrbcF2s4Qe8BWZZqw-OEuNVC55PuqzrDXwTDiCBHV1jAh9zU3QRpGTspe4%24&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7C7569d663413b4477a3b908d97d3f4d70%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C637678533241731915%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=tEeSn1omguj5Wkjo3VSBvBZF61S%2FO%2BuM4RA2l0ejsjw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Link2home<\/a>\u00a0on 1800 152 152 for information and referrals to services, including temporary accommodation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 500 people who were previously sleeping rough now have a safe place to call home, one year on from the establishment of the NSW Government\u2019s landmark Together Home program. Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Alister Henskens said the program was supporting some of the most vulnerable people in the community to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/09\/22\/more-rough-sleepers-into-secure-homes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More rough sleepers into secure homes&#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-13079","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\/13079","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=13079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}