Links

Housing

Melbourne Affordable Housing
http://www.mah.com.au
Melbourne Affordable Housing is a not-for-profit developer, owner and manager of affordable, long-term rental housing.

Common Equity Housing Limited
http://www.cehl.com.au
Common Equity Housing Ltd is a not-for-profit community housing organization.

Community Housing Limited
http://www.chl.org.au
Community Housing Limited is an innovative and best practice social housing organisation which assists access to, develops and manages sustainable housing for people in need.

Hanover Women's Housing
http://www.hanover.org.au
Hanover is an independent welfare agency that operates various housing and support services in Melbourne.

Loddon/Mallee Housing Service
http://www.lmhs.com.au
Loddon Mallee Housing Services LTD. provides shelter and/or support to some 6,500 people per year.

Geelong Salvos
http://www.shl.org.au
Supported Housing Ltd provides an innovative approach to the development and provision of quality and affordable housing to people with a disability.

Prahran Mission
http://www.prahranmission.org.au
Prahran Mission is a community service agency of The Uniting Church operating primarily within the City of Stonnington, Victoria which incorporates Prahran, South Yarra and Malvern. Noted for its diversity and vibrancy, the population includes people with a mental illness

YWCA
http://www.ywca.org.au
The YWCA is a global network of women advancing social justice and creating opportunities and services for the development of women and their families throughout rural, regional and metropolitan Australia.

Women's Housing Limited
http://www.womenshousing.com.au
Women's Housing Ltd is a Specialist Transitional Housing Service providing housing information and referral, housing advocacy, housing establishment fund, outreach to the Dame Phyliss Frost Centre and Tarrengower Prison, Transitional and Crisis housing and public housing priority assessment to women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

WISHIN
http://www.wishin.org.au
Women's Information, Support and Housing in the North provides support to single homeless women with or without children within the cities of Moreland and Darebin.

Yarra Housing
http://www.ych.org.au
Yarra Community Housing provides long term Rooming House accommodation to adults over the age of 18 on low incomes.

Wintringham - housing for older people

http://www.wintringham.org.au/
Wintringham is a not-for-profit welfare company working in Melbourne, Australia that provides housing and care to elderly frail homeless men and women.

Women's Services

WIRE
http://www.wire.org.au
Women's Information and Referral provides free information, support and referrals to women across Victoria.

DVIRC
http://www.dvirc.org.au
Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre is a statewide service in Victoria, Australia. DVIRC aims to reduce and prevent family violence by providing education to improve service and policy responses, and by assisting people who have experienced abuse.

Victorian Women's Health Service
http://www.whv.org.au
Women's Health Victoria is an independent Victorian statewide women's health promotion organisation run by women for women.

IWDVS
http://www.iwdvs.org.au
The Immigrant Women's Domestic Violence Service

WDVCSV
Women's Domstice Violence Crisis Service of Victoria is a 24-hour, seven days a week, confidential service provides information, support and access to safe accommodation or refuges for women and their children. This is the best first point of contact for someone who wants to leave a violent partner.

http://http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Domestic_violence_services_for_women
The Women’s Domestic Violence Crisis Service of Victoria (WDVCSV) is a 24-hour, seven days a week, confidential service provides information, support and access to safe accommodation or refuges for women and their children. This is the best first point of contact for someone who wants to leave a violent partner.

Government Departments

Office of Housing
http://housing.vic.gov.au
Office of Housing has a range of community programs to assist housing Victorians in need. This section outlines the programs and how they are administered. This includes homelessness, long term housing and administration.