Submission to inquiry into a national quality framework to support quality services for people experiencing homelessness

This document is a submission the APS made in 2010 in response to the Homelessness Working Group Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Discussion Paper: A national quality framework to support quality services for people experiencing homelessness.

As well as being a fundamental human right and essential to individual and community wellbeing, the APS submission emphasises that adequate, safe and secure housing provides a foundation for individuals and families to develop a sense of identity and belonging.

The APS therefore recommends that the national quality framework recognise the importance of flexible, intensive and long-term supports for marginalised groups who are homeless, and develop quality review mechanisms that account for a range of outcomes as part of the total homelessness service response, from engagement with services to achieving quality sustainable housing.

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