ANNUAL REPORT 2019–2020

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Stuff sold by Vinnies in 2019–20.

OVERVIEW

We don’t look at houses as properties or investments. We see them as homes – safe havens where people can learn, work, grow, rest and play. We believe every single one of us has the right to a home.

Sadly, more than 37,000 people are homeless in NSW. One in three people experiencing homelessness across Australia lives here in our state. They are too often overlooked because homelessness doesn’t appear the way many people expect it to; in reality, thousands of people experiencing homelessness are sleeping in their cars, on couches, in hostels or crammed households where they can’t live safely and healthily.

Our Homelessness and Housing team

Works to give people access to long-term, safe, and stable accommodation that meets their individual needs. This year’s introduction of a new organisational structure led to the integration of homelessness services across NSW into the one portfolio, enabling our staff to work more cohesively and effectively together. They were able to assist more than 6,700 people over the course of the financial year.

We have prioritised our delivery of the NSW Government’s Social and Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF). This program is the embodiment of the housing-first model of community development, providing safe and permanent housing as a priority for people at risk of homelessness.

After launching the first of our SAHF and other interesting facts

Properties last year, during the 2019/20 financial year we had a total of 382 units built, with more than 450 tenants moved in. The developments are spread across NSW in Albury, Burraneer, Campbelltown, Dubbo, Jordan Springs, Lilyfield, Maitland, Merrylands, Penrith and South Albury.

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Coordinator who helps them achieve financial independence along with other personal goals. Given the on-hand support that is inherent to the SAHF program, the onset of COVID-19 presented many challenges this year. Our staff have continued to check in with tenants over the phone and through online tools such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, though unfortunately several face-to-face community events and activities had to be cancelled.

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We are a lay Catholic organisation working towards a more just and compassionate society.

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as the Traditional Custodians of this land, with deep respect. May Elders, past and present, be blessed and honoured. May we join together and build a future based on compassion, justice, hope, faith and reconciliation.

The St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia, ABN 50 748 098 845, Charity Number 23838, is endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient and therefore gifts of two dollars or more to the Society in each State or Territory are tax deductible for the donor.