{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''Homelessness NSW''' is the peak body organisation representing homelessness services in New South Wales, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homelessnessnsw.org.au/|title=Home - Homelessness NSW|publisher=}}</ref> Homelessness NSW advocates on behalf of agencies and homeless people across NSW, with a particular focus on single men, single women, families and children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/for-agencies-that-work-with-us/our-funding-programs/sector-development/peak-bodies|title=Community Services - Peak bodies|publisher=}}</ref>
==Positions== Homelessness NSW has argued that current voting laws in Australia do not account for the situation of homeless people. For example, women escaping domestic violence may feel unsafe attending a public polling booth, however, fear for safety is not a valid excuse for requiring a postal vote. And rough sleepers may lack valid identification.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Homelessness NSW | url=http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=em/elect07/subs/sub131.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304225628/http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=em/elect07/subs/sub131.pdf | archive-date=2014-03-04}}</ref>
The organisation has stated that the general lack of affordable housing in Australia has clogged up the crisis system as people could not be moved on to more permanent living arrangements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/the-homeless-plight-of-domestic-violence-victims-report-20160201-gmj9u5.html|title=The homeless plight of domestic violence victims: report|first=Judith|last=Ireland|date=3 February 2016|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/13/how-sydneys-overheated-housing-market-keeps-young-people-on-the-streets|title=How Sydney's overheated housing market keeps young people on the streets|first1=Paul|last1=Karp|first2=Michael|last2=Safi|date=12 February 2016|publisher=|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
==See also== * Homelessness in Australia * Yfoundations
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