Alarming new statistics on homelessness, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday, reveal a sharp increase in homelessness...
The Homeless Persons’ Legal Service (HPLS) at PIAC has put together a brochure outlining people’s rights in public spaces –...
PIAC’s submission in response to the Law Council of Australia’s series of consultation papers addresses the issue of access to...
For Homelessness Week we asked four members of PIAC’s homeless consumer advocacy committee, StreetCare, what they wanted people to know...
The NSW Government’s proposed new laws to give police more power to forcibly evict homeless people from public spaces are...
By Louis Schetzer, Senior Policy Officer, Homelessness, Public Interest Advocacy Centre “All I’ve known is crime and drugs and jail....
The interrelationship between homelessness, criminal offending, incarceration and then release from custody into homelessness to repeat the cycle has been...
PIAC’s Homeless Persons Legal Service (HPLS) is set to start two new clinics in Kings Cross and Bondi, building on...
More resources are needed to address the complex legal needs of women escaping domestic violence, according to a new report,...
This report gives voice to women who have recently experienced homelessness, and who have encountered various legal, housing and financial...