Corporate leaders in NSW have sleep on the streets of Sydney help to raise money for the homeless. Source: AAP
AS CEOs step out of the boardroom and onto the footpath for a cold night sleeping rough, an advocacy group is calling for a federal commitment to reduce homelessness across the country.
On Thursday night, CEOs will sleep on the streets to raise awareness and money for homelessness.
Today's homeless are very different to even 10 years ago, says Homelessness NSW CEO, Gary Moore.
Families, older people and migrants have now swelled the numbers of homeless people, joining women and children fleeing domestic violence, vulnerable teens, indigenous Australians, chronic rough sleepers and people leaving jail.
"Tolerating unacceptable levels of homelessness is an economically wasteful and social repugnant state of affairs," Mr Moore said in a statement.
He noted successive Commonwealth and NSW governments since 2009 have embraced reform of homeless services and extra funding, but he said the post-2009 funding tap will be turned off at June 30 next year.
"The scale and complexity of homelessness requires a generational suite of actions to make a real difference," Mr Moore said.
Tuesday's NSW Budget papers revealed only one of NSW's four measures of progress in tackling homelessness is being achieved - reducing the rate of indigenous homelessness.
At the time of the 2011 census, the overall rate of homelessness had increased.
New investment to reduce the risk of homelessness, to get people out of the homeless services system quickly and to focus on post-crisis support are key, Mr Moore said.
As the federal election approaches, he called for a bipartisan approach to funding, which he said would save a fortune in less than 10 years' time.
Mr Moore said measures like social impact bonds, NDIS-style consumer payments, targeted tax breaks for community housing investment, encouraging better use of under-utilised dwellings, and more effective rental brokerage and tenancy maintenance schemes should all be examined.
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