Special Edition: Councils on the Frontline of the Homelessness Crisis

About this episode

The episode discusses how Australian local governments are addressing the homelessness crisis with guest Andrew Clarke.

Send us Fan Mail Today we are joined by Andrew Clarke, a senior lecturer in sociology and social policy at the University of New South Wales, to discuss a timely and critical new study examining how Australian local governments are navigating the escalating homelessness crisis. While homelessness has traditionally been viewed as a state or federal responsibility, Andrew’s research reveals that councils are increasingly finding themselves on the front lines as de facto service coordinators. We...

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Host: Chris Eddy

Guest: Andrew Clarke

Topics covered

• homelessness
• local government
• social policy
• service coordination
• Australia

Keywords

• homelessness crisis
• local councils
• sociology
• social policy
• service coordinators

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of New South Wales

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