Shelter SA is the peak housing organisation in South

Australia and represents the views of people, especially

 those on low to moderate incomes, who live in a wide

variety of housing tenures.

     


    

 

Shelter SA

Unit 44
81 Carrington Street
ADELAIDE  SA  5000
 
Tel: 08 8223 4077
Fax: 08 8223 4099
Email:
sheltersa@sheltersa.asn.au
 
ABN:  39 617 527 109
 

 

 

Welcome to the Shelter SA Website

 

30 Year Plan for Greater Adelaide
 
Shelter SA made a submission to The 30 Year Plan for Greater Adelaide. Download the submission here.
For more information on The 30 Year Plan visit http://www.dplg.sa.gov.au/plan4adelaide/index.cfm
  
SACOSS also made a submission to the 30 Year Plan read their submission here
   
Looking at the Aboriginal Housing Crisis in the Southern Region 2009, A Forum
 
      December 3 2009, 2pm - 4.30pm
      Christies Beach Surf Life Saving Club
      Esplanade, Christies Beach


The forum will explore the critical issues facing Aboriginal people in housing and those experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Speakers include:
      Laney MacKean, Karpa Ngarrattendi, Aboriginal Health Unit, Flinders
                                  Hospital
      Theresa Francis,  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Team,
                                  Noarlunga
      Tracey Bunda,     Associate Professor, Yungorrendi, Flinders University

All Welcome, no RSVP's required.

Homeless Connect: Homelessness, Health and Housing Expo 2009
 

The Homeless Connect: Homelessness, Health and Housing Expo has been and gone for 2009!

It was held on Tuesday, the 10th November in stifling 39 degree heat!.

 
A big thank you to everyone who participated in the Expo.
 
Photos from the day will available soon.
 
This event was brought to you by Shelter SA, Homeless Connect, Adelaide City Council and Housing SA.

    

Housing Australia Factsheet: a quick guide to housing facts and figures - September 2009

National Shelter have updated their housing factsheet. It looks at Housing Stress, Home Purchase, Rental, Social Housing and Homelessness in Australia. Download the factsheet here.

        

Homeless Connect: Homelessness, Health & Housing Expo 2008 DVD

The DVD of the Homeless Connect: Homelessness, Health & Housing Expo 2008 is now available.

 

If you would like a copy of the DVD, please contact Margo at Shelter SA on 8223 4077 or by email at margo.johnson@sheltersa.asn.au

 

Submission to the Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth Inquiry into Homelessness Legislation.
National Shelter wrote a submission to the Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth Inquiry into Homelessness Legislation. Read the submission here.

 

The ASHRA Multicultural Directory 2009 is out now!!

The 2009 edition of the ASHRA Multicultural is available for download here.

If you would like to order hard copies of the directory please contact Margo Johnson by phone on 8223 4077 or by email at margo.johnson@sheltersa.asn.au

 

The ASHRA Multicultural Directory is supported by  

                                            

 

 Are you Over 50 and Living in a Sharehouse?

(with people you are not related to)

Then We Want to Hear From You!!

 

Shelter SA, in collaboration with Office for the Ageing, are currently researching alternatives to affordable housing for those aged 50 and over. 

 

Simply click here to download the questionnaire, fill it in and return the form to Margo Johnson by email - margo.johnson@sheltersa.asn.au, fax on 8223 4099 or by post to Shelter SA, Torrens Building, 220 Victoria Square, Adelaide, 5000. Alternatively, give Margo a call on 8223 4077 and you can go through the interview together.

 

Your responses will assist us in developing a resource that will be freely available and South Australian specific!

 

Over 50's Sharehouse Survey

 

September Sheltershortz is out now featuring . Download the newsletter here. If you would like a pdf version to distribute via email, contact Shelter SA with your details. To join Shelter SA visit the membership page.

Shelter SA T Shirts Available Now!

 

Front of the T Shirt features Housing: a basic human right. The back has Shelter SA new logo.

 
Ladies T Shirt

   

Mens' T Shirt

   

$25 each

 

Mens' & Womens' Styles

Range of sizes in both red and black available.

Drop into Shelter SA to try them

on or call us on 8221 6488 to order.

 

 

Room for More: boosting providers of social housing

Speech by the Minister for Housing, Hon Tanya Plibersek MP.

 Sydney Institute March 19 2009.

Read the speech here.

 

Sharehouse Toolkit

 The Sharehouse Toolkit is now available for download in pdf format.

The toolkit walks potential tenants through the processes of renting in the private rental market and includes the following topics:

  • working out what you can afford

  • where to look for properties

  • where to look for flatmates

  • where to get references

  • tenancy databases and black listings

  • leases explained

  • how to apply for bond assistance

  • how to claim concessions for utilities

  • help with setting up a home (furniture, white goods, etc)

  • finance

  • templates for rosters of household chores

  • flatmate agreements

  • maintenance of property

  • inspections

  • ending a tenancy, evictions and getting a reference

  • resolving conflict in the house or with neighbours

  • where to get help with tenancy issues

  • Residential Tenancy Tribunal information

and much more....

Download the Sharehouse Toolkit here

Hard copies of the toolkit are available upon request, please contact Shelter SA.

 

'Get Informed About'

Shelter SA has produced a series of informational brochures on renting, being a good tenant, how to find a sharehouse and mental health.

 

           Where to Look for a Rental Property

           Applying for a Rental Property

           How to be a Good Tenant

           How to find a Sharehouse

           Mental Health

 

 

Federal Government's White Paper on Homelessness - The Road Home: a national approach to reducing homelessness

In December 2008, the Prime Minister,  Kevin Rudd  released the Government's White Paper on Homelessness: The Road Home: a national approach to reducing homelessness.
Read the full report

 

Homelessness, Health & Housing Expo 2008

You can view some of David Norman's photos part 1, part 2

Additional photos from Gary Wilson here.

Photos of the Prize-winners  

 

Shelter SA Reconciliation Statement
Shelter SA is committed to both the spirit and the process of reconciliation, we invite you to read our reconciliation statement.
 
 

'The Meaning of Home'

Cate Jones, Shelter SA's Project Officer is initiating a project that explores the idea of 'home' and what 'home' represents to a broad range of individuals. She is interested in gathering a big collection of people's ideas about 'the meaning of home' and would like to explore what 'home' represents for individuals including as many culturally diverse people as possible all over the world.

 

She is asking the question: What is 'home'? What do you think creates the feeling of 'home'? Is 'home' the place you live, or is 'home' another place connected your history, heritage, friends, family or country?

 

For more information or if you would like to contribute to the project with your own view of the Meaning of Home, please visit: www.sheltersa.wordpress.com

 
 
 
 
 
 

Calendar of Events

 

November 25 - 27 2009

National Housing Conference

Melbourne

more information

 

December 3 2009
Looking at the Aboriginal Housing Crisis in the Southern Region
Christies Beach Surf Lifesaving Club
2pm - 4.30pm
 
ASHRA Multicultural Directory 2009

The 2009 ASHRA Multicultural Directory is out now!

Download the

                  directory here

 
Sharehouse Toolkit

Download the Sharehouse Toolkit

here

 

Get Informed About

1. Where to Look for a

    Rental Property

 

2. Applying for a

    Rental Property

 

3. How to be a

    Good Tenant

 

4. How to find a   

    Sharehouse

 

5. Mental Health

 

6. How will you look  

     after your house 

     whitefella way

    (in  Pitjanjtatjara)

 
 
 
   

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This website was last updated: 19 November 2009