THE HON CLARE O’NEIL MP
MINISTER FOR HOUSING
MINISTER FOR HOMELESSNESS

THE HON AMANDA RISHWORTH MP
MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
MINISTER FOR THE NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME

The Albanese Labor Government has announced that 42 projects across Australia will receive a share of $100 million building hundreds of new crisis and transitional homes for thousands of women and children impacted by family and domestic violence, and older women at risk of homelessness.

Funded under the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF), the Crisis and Transitional Accommodation Program (CTAP) funds the building, remodelling or purchase of new or expanded crisis or transitional accommodation.

The funding is part of the Albanese Government’s ambitious housing reform agenda, as well as our commitment, along with states and territories, to end gender-based violence within one generation.

Since coming to office, the Albanese Government is investing nearly 20 times more funding in crisis and transitional accommodation and programs than the previous Coalition government did in a decade.

CTAP aligns with the Government’s broader housing and women’s safety agendas, including the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032, the National Housing Infrastructure Facility and builds on the work of existing emergency and crisis accommodation programs like the Safe Places Emergency Accommodation Program.

A range of projects have been selected under CTAP, including projects that will be tailored to support culturally and linguistically diverse women and children, First Nations women and children, and older women.

Hundreds of applications were received, demonstrating the critical need for secure housing across Australia after a decade of neglect by the Coalition. Those applications were assessed through an open, competitive grants process and all successful projects clearly demonstrated how the projects will meet the needs of women and children experiencing violence and older women at risk of homelessness.

Our Government’s separate $100 million investment in the Safe Places Emergency Accommodation Program through the 2024 Inclusion Round is already bringing the total number of emergency accommodation places delivered under the program across Australia to around 1,500.

Once all Safe Places projects are complete, more than 11,000 women and children experiencing family and domestic violence will be able to be supported each year, with this additional funding going towards helping thousands more. 

More information about the Crisis and Transitional Accommodation Program and the Safe Places Program is available from the Department of Social Services website.

If you or someone you know is experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, domestic, family, or sexual violence, call 1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732 or visit www.1800RESPECT.org.au for online chat and video call services.

Connect with 13YARN Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporters on 
13 92 76, available 24/7 from any mobile or pay phone, or visit www.13yarn.org.au No shame, no judgement, safe place to yarn.

If you are concerned about your behaviour or use of violence, you can contact the Men’s Referral Service on 1300 766 491 or visit www.ntv.org.au