Priority Housing

Where are you located? Are you able to contact any friends or family and travel to where they are while you wait for housing?

Also there is funding up to 5k for eligible applicants fleeing DV

@Nellie Milne I’m currently staying in VIC with my sisters in-laws (she lives there too) but theres 6 people in the house and i can only stay in the van for a few more weeks as they’ll be using their van to go away over the Christmas period. It’s already hard enough in here with my two other littles, let alone adding a newborn into the mix. I don’t have any other family or friends and I’m not eligible for the DV payment.

I hope you can stay in the house while they go away? Keep phoning the services in your area. Thinking of you. If i were closer I would try and help

Surely they will let you stay in their house while they go away? Are you on the wait list for public housing AND all the community housing providers?

Also are you Aboriginal?

Also if youve only tried Department of Housing, also try Dept of Children Fairness and Housing, they have services to avoid homelessness too especially with 3 young kids and DV

@Ella understandably no. I don’t know these people and they don’t know me. While they’ve already been more than accommodating and helpful of my situation my time here is limited. I’m not ATSI. This situation is still fairly fresh and I have had to wait for intakes/assessments until this week to see what can be done regarding my situation.

Ah okay fair enough. You tick a lot of the high priority boxes, but housing is so scarce. If none of the government agencies can help you, are there DV shelters with spots near you?

I’ll be honest they haven’t been particularly helpful and have made comments which quite frankly have left me gobsmacked. I’m still waiting/have tried calling back about a refuge and been told that we’ll CALL YOU if we find something. I’ve been told that being 27wks will score me brownie points and had one lady on the phone scoff at me and tell me there was nothing further her services could do and referred me back to the people who referred me to them. I said to my sister (and I am by no means going back - I’d rather live in my car with 3 babies if it comes to that) but it’s no wonder so many women return to their abusers when it’s things like this that happen and that I understand for many that a roof over their children’s head is a small price to pay in exchange for putting up with the abuse.

I’m not sure if they still have a DV/women’s shelter anymore, but can you try and contact Hillsong City Care?

Call Orange door and edvos they'll be able to help, you're so strong I hope your luck turns around

@Kat orange door, salvos, safe steps, st kilda crises accomodation & haven home safe (to name a few) have all told me there’s nothing they can do. Haven home safe were the ones that told me they’d call me back about a refuge. And I’m waiting for an IAP assessment call from them (will be on the 4th) Edvos I believe are too far away as what little support i do have and the hospital I’ve linked in with are all in the Northern suburbs Beyond housing was supposed to call me Friday just gone but called Thursday evening to tell me it had been rescheduled to this coming Friday.

You could try saint Mary's house of welcome? You may need a referral from haven though I'm not sure