Somewhere To Go - Meeting the Housing Needs of Women and Children in Tasmania

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Through applying a gender lens on the Tasmanian housing crisis for the first time this report provides recommendations for the Government to ensure its 20-year Tasmanian Housing Strategy doesn’t leave women and children behind.

Analysis from Impact Economics and Policy for this report finds that women and children are bearing the brunt of Tasmania’s housing crisis:

• The rate of homelessness amongst Tasmanian women increased by 50 per cent between 2016 and 2021;

• Tasmania had over 6 times the national rate of women being turned away from crisis accommodation in 2021-22;

• An estimated 933 Tasmanian women are returning to a violent partner or entering homelessness after experiencing family violence each year due to a lack of housing; and

• Only 6 per cent of Tasmanian women with long term housing needs are having these needs met, compared to 18 per cent of men.

The report makes a number of recommendations including ensuring that the new social housing being built by the Tasmanian Government includes multiple bedroom properties to meet the unmet needs of women with children.

The report was covered by local ABC radio and The Mercury.