The Toward Home Alliance, Baptist Care SA and Carrington Cottages will collaborate to run the program providing both accommodation and support to women in furnished units at Wright Place. The collaboration is supported by the SA Housing Authority which funds homelessness services in South Australia.
The pilot program increases short-term accommodation options available to women and provides a diversion from their moving deeper into the homelessness system.
Each unit has its own ensuite, with the stability of a safe place to stay enabling clients to engage with supports to gain and maintain a tenancy and recover from their experience of homelessness.
Underpinned by THA's Mission to 'Work together to prevent and end homelessness', Wright Place is a testament to the goodwill, innovation and collaboration of South Australia's community services sector.
Baptist Care SA, a leading South Australian not-for profit organisation is contributing the Wright Place building at no cost; the Toward Home Alliance is providing case management and on-site supports, and Carrington Cottages tenancy supports. Referrals to the service are through the Toward Home Alliance.
In addition to supporting tenants' immediate housing needs, Wright Place will also provide supports impacting wellbeing. Wrap around supports will help address mental and physical health challenges, family and domestic violence issues, connections with culture and community, and experiences of trauma.
Wright Place provides an important and needed addition to the limited crisis and emergency accommodation options for women across South Australia.
As put by Nat Cook
Wright Place will provide women who are experiencing homelessness access to affordable, safe and dignified, women's only accommodation.
Slowly but surely we are seeing more and more collaborations like this in our homelessness sector services to the benefit of our clients. This is a wonderful initiative that will help many women over the next 12 months by providing a safe place to live while they stabilise their lives.
As put by Shane Austin, Baptist Care SA CEO
Baptist Care SA is committed to using our buildings for community benefit. This is an opportunity of further shared work to prevent an end homelessness.
As put by Karen Aistrope CEO, Carrington Cottages
Carrington Cottages has an enduring commitment to supporting people on their housing journey. This collaboration is an excellent alignment of sector strengths to further our capacity to assist individuals experiencing homelessness.
Attributable Shaya Nettle, Alliance Senior Manager, Toward Home Alliance
Women often tell us there needs to be more women's specific accommodation; hopefully Wright Place is a model we can learn from and evolve to better support the needs of women experiencing homelessness.
The private rental market has changed dramatically over the last two years, forcing many people into homelessness for the first time. Median rents in communities such as Noarlunga Centre and Hackham have increased 52 per cent and 43 per cent or $172 and $135 per week respectively – forcing many people on low and middle incomes into homelessness for the first time.
As put by Rohan Feegrade, CEO, Lutheran Care
We know it takes a community to end homelessness, and this is a great example of how generosity and collaboration can change people's lives.
