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(f) that the First Point central intake service offers a diverse range of support to people seeking assistance for homelessness. This support ranges from accommodation services to putting people in touch with specific support services that can assist with their specific needs;
(g) that people remain on the list to allow First Point to follow up with them until their specific need has been fully addressed;
(h) the findings of the Dropping off the Edge Report support the work that the Government is doing in West Belconnen through Better Services to address location-based disadvantage;
(i) the work that the Government has been doing since 2007 on increasing the supply of affordable housing through the Affordable Housing Action Plan;
(j) that access to housing remains a challenge for people on low incomes in the ACT and across Australia and that a national approach is required to address this;
(k) that the ACT continues to provide the highest number of public housing homes per capita of any Australian jurisdiction;
(l) that public housing in the ACT is targeted to members of the community most in need; and
(m) the particular challenge facing the ACT as the hub of the capital region, with service providers noting that in the order of 20%-30% of demand for homelessness support is coming from people who have recently arrived in the ACT; and
(2) calls on the Government to:
(a) continue its policy of providing public housing in the ACT to people who are most in need;
(b) continue seeking commitment from the Federal Government for appropriate funding of housing and homelessness services and a national approach to addressing issues of affordable housing;
(c) work with the NSW Minister for Housing and regional local governments on a regional approach to housing and homelessness;
(d) continue working with the private sector and local service providers on innovative options for people on low and middle incomes to access affordable housing, including community housing, affordable rentals and affordable homes for purchase; and
(e) make a report to the Legislative Assembly by the last sitting day in 2015 about progress on this work.”.
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