The Hon Clare O’Neil MP
Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness, Minister for Cities

The Hon Nick Staikos
VIC Minister for Housing and Homelessness

Josh Burns MP
Special Envoy for Social Housing and Homelessness

The Albanese and Carroll Labor Government is delivering safe, stable housing for young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness and women escaping domestic and family violence across Victoria.

The Minister for Housing and Homelessness Clare O’Neil joined Victorian Minister for Housing Nick Staikos announcing $144.4 million to support 237 homes across the state.

The funding from the Housing Australia Future Fund will deliver crisis and transitional accommodation and will support up to 6,200 women and children experiencing family violence and 3,200 young people at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

Projects will be delivered by a mix of providers including the Victorian Government, Community Housing Providers and First Nations organisations.

This builds on the 55,000 social and affordable homes the Albanese Labor Government is building in every corner of our country with 7,200 now complete and 23,000 in planning or construction.

This includes the completed Bluff Road redevelopment in Hampton East where families will begin moving into 285 new homes in the coming weeks. The 285 homes are a mix of social, affordable and market rentals, including specialist disability accommodation.

The redevelopment replaces 146 ageing properties with 170 brand new social homes from one to four bedrooms.

This funding builds on the Albanese Labor Government’s broader investment to support people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, including:

• $9.3 billion over five years through the National Agreement on Social Housing and Homelessness, including $400 million a year in dedicated homelessness funding, matched by states and territories.
• $124.6 million over four years for Reconnect, an early intervention program delivered through 100 services nationally, helping over 8,400 young people and their families every year.
• $59.4 million over four years to help more than 4,000 young people aged 16 to 24 access stable community housing, by supplementing rental income for community housing providers supporting young people on the Away from Home rate of Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY.
• $275 million through the Safe Places Emergency Accommodation Program and the Crisis and Transitional Accommodation Program to support housing for women and children experiencing family and domestic violence.

As at 4 September 2026.