Wongee Mia: An Innovative Family-Centred Approach to Addressing Aboriginal Housing Needs and Preventing Eviction in Australia

Wongee Mia: An Innovative Family-Centred Approach to Addressing Aboriginal Housing Needs and Preventing Eviction in Australia

Background: Aboriginal Australians are disproportionately affected by homelessness, with traditional housing models failing to recognise the importance of kinship obligations and ongoing systemic racism. The Wongee Mia project is a pilot initiative emerging out of a Housing First project tackling ho...

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Main Authors: Shannen Vallesi, Eleanor Tighe, Herbert Bropho, Margaret Potangaroa, Leah Watkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
homelessness
indigenous homelessness
kinship obligations
Australia
Housing First
Aboriginal homelessness
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/15/5501

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