1. CONNECT:
Tell me about your house…
Rooms? Pool? Views?

2. Is this your bedroom? Here is where someone around here sleeps
They are here in all weather
It’s a public walkway.
No safety.

3. Is this your House?
This is someone's lounge room, dining room, guest room, veranda, sun room
Here is where some of our community meet up for a chat and a coffee, like we might have if someone came to visit.
??? Who do we work with??

4. What does a homeless person look like?

5. CONNECT:
Tell me about your house…
Rooms? Pool? Views?

8. What does it mean to be experiencing homelessness?
2016/17 Federal Budget ends any commitment from the Commonwealth towards addressing homelessness
Bad news in the 2016/17 Federal budget with no commitment in forward estimates for NPAH beyond June Homelessness NSW will be talking to Minister Hazzard as soon as possible regarding the implications for NSW - a reduction of $30 million in the homelessness service system which may impact domestic and family violence services & 24/7 youth accommodation services. Click here for Media Release

9. An old definition is: Mackenzie and Chamberlain’s cultural definition of homelessness (1992) Primary homelessness is experienced by people without conventional accommodation (e.g. sleeping rough or in improvised dwellings);
Secondary homelessness is experienced by people who frequently move from one temporary shelter to another (e.g. emergency accommodation, youth refuges, "couch surfing");
Tertiary homelessness is experienced by people staying in accommodation that falls below minimum community standards (e.g. boarding housing and caravan parks).

10. What do you believe causes people to experience homelessness?

11. Death in the family
Drug addiction
Mental illness
Poor life skills
Abuse
Legal problems
Violence at home
Gambling problems
Unemployment
Housing costs

12. What do people experiencing Homelessness and at risk of homelessness need?

13. To view the BaptistCare DV Housing film: https://www. youtube

14. What impacts you as you watch this film?