Are you Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness?
Victorian Statewide number to speak directly to a Housing and Support Worker
is 1800 825 955
This is a 24 hour 7 day a week number
OPENING DOORS – Renting for All is information for people with a disability, led by people with a disability that will guide you through the process of renting and connect you to information about the world of Real Estate.
You will hear personal stories on our website and DVD with easy to access videos which will get you thinking as you begin looking for your new home, whether is it in the city, the suburbs or the country.
AMIDA NDIS Appeals
Tenancy Plus Support Program
Tenancy Plus Support Program
Regional names, address and phone number on the website
The Tenancy Plus Support Program provides support to both public housing and community housing tenants, otherwise known as social housing tenants.
https://housing.vic.gov.au/tenancy-plus-support-program
Council to Homeless Persons – Homelessness Advocacy Service (HAS)
2 Stanley St, Collingwood 3066
Ph: 9419 8699
Freecall: 1800 066 256
This service provides advocacy for any one seeking to access or already using government funded accommodation and support such as refuges, crisis accommodation, transitional housing, rooming houses and supported residential services.
Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service
Building ib, Level 3 Deakin University 75 Pigdons Road Waurn Ponds Victoria 3216
Freecall: 1800 014 111
Villamanta is a Victorian Community Legal Centre that works only on disability related legal issues. The main purpose is to make sure that people in Victoria who have a disability can know about the law, and can use the law, to help get their rights. Villamanta work mostly for people who have an intellectual disability.
Tenants Union Victoria
55 Johnson St, Fitzroy 3065
Ph: 9411 1444
The Tenants Union of Victoria aims to inform and educate tenants about their rights, improve conditions for tenants, improve the status of tenants and represent the collective interests of tenants in law and policy making.
Consumer Affairs Victoria
Renting Information, Advocacy & Support
Consumer Affairs Victoria, Level 17, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph:1300 55 81 81
Provides links to relevant documents & information, advocacy & support for tenancy, residential accommodation, renting, caravan parks, rooming houses etc
http://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/
DARU has a list of Victorian Disability Advocacy Organisations here
The Department of Social Services has lists of all agencies providing assistance with NDIS Appeals.
DARU – Disability Advocacy Resource Unit
Level 8, 128 Exhibition St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph: 9639 5807
DARU is a statewide service established to resource the disability advocacy sector in Victoria – for links to Advocacy organisations see the Advocacy Resource map
SARU
Self Advocacy Resource Unit
Ground floor, Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
Ph: 9639 6856
It is the job of the Self Advocacy Resource Unit to resource and assist Victorian self advocacy groups
Voice At The Table
https://voiceatthetable.com.au/
Voices Together
The Australian Self Advocacy Website – An online resource for self advocacy groups, the government and the community to connect, work together and to share information and knowledge.
https://www.voicestogether.com.au
3CR Community Radio
21 Smith St, Fitzroy 3065
AMIDA runs the Raising Our Voices program on 3CR. Raising Our Voices is a radio program run by people with disabilities about housing and other issues. Raising Our Voices goes to air the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 6.00pm.
Reinforce Inc
Reinforce is a self advocacy organisation for people with an intellectual disability. Reinforce promotes the rights of people with an intellectual disability to be upheld in the same way as everyone else in the community.
DANA Disability Advocacy Network Australia
DANA is the national representative body for a network of advocacy organisations throughout Australia.
Statutory bodies
Office of the Public Advocate
5th Floor, 436 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000
Ph: 1300 309 337 (local call cost)
OPA is an independent statutory body established by the Victorian State Government.OPA works to protect and promote the interests, rights and dignity of people with a disability.
http://www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au/
Disability Services Commissioner
Level 30, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne 3000
Ph: 1800 677 342 (free call)
The Office of the Commissioner has been created to work with people with a disability and disability service providers to resolve complaints. The Commissioner is independent of government, the Department of Human Services and disability service providers and provides a free confidential and supportive complaints resolution process.
Office of the Senior Practitioner
Office of the Senior Practitioner, Department of Human Services
Level 7, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Ph: 9096 8427
The Senior Practitioner is generally responsible for ensuring that the rights of people who are subject to restrictive interventions and compulsory treatment are protected, and that appropriate standards are complied with in relation to restrictive interventions and compulsory treatment.
More links
Every Australian Counts
Every Australian Counts is the campaign for the introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme.
http://everyaustraliancounts.com.au
Disability Loop
Disability Loop is leading the conversation on Disability and the NDIS
http://www.disabilityloop.org.au/