Page 1807 - Week 06 - Thursday, 30 July 2020
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Homelessness—COVID-19
(Question No 3022)
Mr Coe asked the Minister for Housing and Suburban Development, upon notice, on 22 May 2020:
(1) What was the (a) number and (b) percentage of (i) adults and (ii) children who were found to be homeless in the ACT during each financial year since 2008-09 to date.
(2) What estimates, research or monitoring is been done on the impact of COVID-19 and the number of (a) adults and (b) children who are homeless and what are the results.
(3) What was the rate of repeat homelessness in the ACT during each financial year since 2008-09 to date.
(4) What was the ACT Government’s spending on homelessness broken down by initiative during each financial year since 2008-09 to date and what was the cost per day for homelessness support.
(5) What was the unmet demand for homelessness services during each financial year since 2008-09 to date.
(6) How is the ACT Government managing the unmet demand for homelessness.
(7) What was the (a) number and (b) percentage of (i) adults and (ii) children who were found to be living below the poverty line in the ACT during each financial year since 2008-09 to date.
(8) What estimates, research or monitoring is been done on the impact of COVID-19 and the number of (a) adults and (b) children living below the poverty line and what are the results.
Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
To collect and assemble the information back to 2008-09 solely for the purpose of answering the questions would require considerable resources. The following information is provided in response.
1. Estimates of the number and percentage of adults and children who are homeless in the ACT (or any Australian state or territory) are obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing. There are no annual estimates of homelessness for any state or territory due to the methodological difficulty of obtaining these.
The Census is undertaken every five years. Table 1 shows the number and percentage of adults and children who are homelessness because they have been identified as:
• living in improvised dwellings, tents or sleeping out
• in supported accommodation for the homeless
• staying temporarily with other households
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