The Greens will today launch a plan to “end homelessness”, saying they can offer access to permanent homes and wrap-around support services to all 37,800 people experiencing chronic homelessness across Australia.
Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather said his $5.2 billion plan included 50,000 supportive tenancies over four years – 20,000 of them for at-risk youths – and construction of 40 supportive accommodation buildings.
Another $7.5 billion would be spent doubling federal funding to states and territories for homelessness services and public and community housing.
Max Chandler-Mather will announce the Greens’ homelessness policy.Credit: Paul Harris
It would be funded by taxing big corporations, including banks.
“Instead of requiring people to get their lives together to prove they are worthy of a home, the Greens plan to end homelessness says everyone deserves a secure place to call home, and provides rough sleepers with permanent housing and the wrap-around support services they need to actually stay there long-term,” Chandler-Mather said.
Last week, Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner announced Brisbane’s rough sleepers would be given 24 hours to move on – with empty tents removed from parks – as he claimed all had rejected offers of accommodation.
Schrinner was heckled in Tuesday afternoon’s council meeting, with one person in the public gallery calling out: “You’re a joke.”
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