Submission to inquiry into Homelessness Legislation

This document is a submission made in 2009 by the APS to the Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth Inquiry into Homelessness Legislation.

This submission focuses on homelessness from a psychological perspective, identifying specific vulnerable groups with complex needs who are particularly impacted upon by homelessness. The APS articulates a set of guiding principles that should underpin the provision of services to homeless persons and groups, based on psychological research and practice.

The APS outlines a number of issues in relation to the role of legislation in improving the quality of services for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and makes recommendations to strengthen legislative, policy and service responses to homelessness.

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