The Minns Labor Government has put unions ahead of the state\u2019s most vulnerable, failing to provide adequate funding to support homeless services.
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Shadow Minister for Homelessness Natasha Maclaren-Jones said Specialist Homelessness Services were key to tackling homelessness in NSW and must be adequately funded.
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\u201cThe NSW Labor Budget has failed our most vulnerable people leaving frontline homelessness services without adequate funding to deal with increasing demand for services,\u201d Natasha Maclaren-Jones said. \u201cSpecialist Homelessness Services (SHS) are the primary response to homelessness and under the Liberal and National Government investment in homelessness services more than doubled.\u201d
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Homelessness services have been left with a budget shortfall, they needed $50 million over two years to continue to operate and meet the increased cost of delivering services but instead Labor have given them only $5.9 million.
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This budget is a stark reminder that under a Labor Government our most vulnerable will be forgotten.
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\u201cThe Minns Government has failed to properly fund programs and initiatives to help people tackle the issues that have put them at risk of homelessness and provide a pathway out.\u201d Mrs Maclaren-Jones said.
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The Together Home program established by the Liberal and National supports people sleeping rough into stable accommodation with wrap around supports.
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Mrs Maclaren-Jones said everyone deserves a safe and stable place to call home and the Together Home program has supported over 1,000 people since it began in 2020.
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\u201cLast year, the Liberal and National Government invested an additional $55 million for the Together Home program, the Minns Government has provided only $11.3 million, leaving hundreds of vulnerable people without basic support and the chance to have a stable home. \u201cMrs Maclaren-Jones said.
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Under the Liberal and Nationals 2022-23 Budget we invested $1.2 billion towards homelessness and social housing programs, products and initiatives including $55 million to build on the success of the $177 million Together Home program to provide housing and support services to rough sleepers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Minns Labor Government has put unions ahead of the state\u2019s most vulnerable, failing to provide adequate funding to support homeless services.\u00a0Shadow Minister for Homelessness Natasha Maclaren-Jones said Specialist Homelessness Services were key to tackling homelessness in NSW and must be adequately funded.\u00a0\u201cThe NSW Labor Budget has failed our most vulnerable people leaving frontline homelessness … Continue reading “Labor failing our most vulnerable”<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23024","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=23024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23025,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23024\/revisions\/23025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}