Crisis Housig Australia (CHA) provides benevolent relief to families in need. CHA’s primary mission is to provide affordable housing for families in crisis support
areas suffering financial hardship and at risk of homelessness. CHA aims to alleviate economic hardship and empower these families
by providing them with affordable accommodation at or below market rates.
CHA also provides benevolent relief by providing accommodation to families who are in need of secure housing due to a specific disadvantage or distress such as living in unsafe conditions due to domestic violence. CHA will engage in activities such as purchasing or constructing houses and apartments for families suffering financial hardship to rent.
Housing Crisis
• Productivity Commission's 2024 Report on Government Services shows that 42.9% of low-income households renting private homes were in rental stress and at risk of being pushed into homelessness during 2022-23, despite receiving Commonwealth Rent Assistance (Productivity commission, 2024)
• This statistic highlights the significant financial pressure on vulnerable renters, making them increasingly at risk of homelessness.
• The report also discusses the rising demand for social housing and the challenges faced by Specialist Homelessness Services in meeting the needs of those seeking assistance
Domestic Violence
• 1 in 4 (23% or 2.3 million) women and 1 in 14 (7.3% or 693,000) men have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner since the age of 15.
• 23% (2.3 million) of women and 14% (1.3 million) of men have experienced emotional abuse by a current or previous partner.
• 16% (1.6 million) of women and 7.8% (745,000) of men have experienced economic abuse from a current or previous partner (AIHW, 2024).
Domestic Violence Homicide
• One woman was killed every 11 days and one man was killed every 91 days by an intimate partner on average in 2022-23.
• Intended or actual separation are risk factors for intimate partner homicide.
• The intimate partner homicide victimisation rate decreased (from 0.66 to 0.18 per 100,000) between 1989–90 and 2022-23 (AIHW, 2024).
