Homes NSW has just opened open Glenfield House together with Women’s Community Shelters and Hume Community Housing, providing 28 new safe and secure homes for older women who would otherwise be homeless.
An empty aged care property has been transformed thanks to a Homelessness Innovation Fund grant, leveraging "meanwhile use" arrangements to offer transitional accommodation and wrap around supports in a property that would otherwise be vacant.
The $446,450 Homelessness Innovation Fund grant enables Glenfield House to support homeless older women for at least two years.
The 28 apartments are semi-self-contained, with shared bathroom, kitchen and living areas that provide a haven while older women are supported to overcome challenges and secure safe and affordable housing options on exit from the program.
Last year the NSW Government streamlined planning controls to make it easier for those supplying temporary or crisis accommodation to make use of empty buildings.