Are homelessness prevention schemes actually working? To find out, we need more person-specific data, experts say
Despite the federal government spending $4.5 billion on six different housing programs, the Auditor General has found that there is insufficient data to conclude that these programs are reducing chronic homelessness
Why It Matters
Data can give shelters greater transparency on who is using their services, but there is still a severe lack of information about some of the reasons that people become homeless in the first instance. That means that at present, data is mainly helping the sector ‘react’ to those experiencing homelessness, rather than actively moving to prevent it.
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