The Hodgman majority Liberal Government will allocate an additional $5 million towards providing immediate actions to reduce homelessness and housing stress across Tasmania.
This new funding will specifically support the actions agreed at last Friday's meeting with the social services sector.
This additional support is designed to help those Tasmanians most in need and facing homelessness this winter.
Additional places will be secured by:
1. Working with the tourism and hospitality sector to secure more emergency accommodation options for people in immediate need.
2. Expanding the capacity of existing shelters providing support for people with more complex needs by installing pre-fabricated units alongside their existing facilities.
This new funding allocation will provide for more emergency and short-term accommodation to bridge the gap in demand for housing while we are bringing on new housing stock across the state under our Affordable Housing Strategy and Action Plans.
This week, we met our Affordable Housing Strategy Stage One target to build 372 new social housing dwellings by June 30, 2019.
Stage Two provides $125 million for 2019-2023, taking our total investment to almost $200 million over eight years – the largest ever investment into affordable housing in Tasmania’s history.