Under Cover film continues to move audiences at community screenings
Diana Hodgetts
Fri, 17 Mar 2023
It was a pleasant summer evening in the East Melbourne suburb of Ringwood last night as a mostly female crowd packed into Karralyka Centre for a sold-out screening of Sue Thomson’s documentary Under Cover.
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Philanthropy’s role in home ownership
Erin Dolan, Senior Program Manager – Homelessness and Affordable Housing, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
To use what is now a well-established cliché, these are unprecedented times. COVID-19 and the lockdown measures put in place have greatly affected our way of life. They have shown us the importance of having a safe, secure home – and also the large group of people who don’t have one.
Are tiny homes the solution to the affordable housing crisis?
Erin Dolan, Senior Program Manager – Homelessness and Affordable Housing, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation
Fri, 5 Nov 2021
Australia has two of the top ten most unaffordable housing markets in the world in Sydney and Melbourne. A global pandemic has not made this situation better, with increased property prices in most Australian capitals.
Listening to locals for better granting impacts
Emily Berry, CEO and Johan Kortenhorst, Board Director
Thu, 15 Jul 2021
When your community covers more than 20,000 square kilometres of rural land, natural and man-made disasters and emergencies are inevitable.
Homelessness: the problem that can be solved
Thu, 8 Jul 2021
Homelessness has often been treated as a problem that cannot be solved. But what if there are ways to make a difference, by taking a more strategic approach?
Using philanthropy to build affordable housing through alternative financing pathways
Erin Dolan, Program Manager- Homelessness & Affordable Housing, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
To use what is now a well-established cliché, these are unprecedented times. COVID-19 and the lockdown measures put in place have greatly affected our way of life. They have shown us the importance of having a safe, secure home – and also the large group of people who don’t have one.
Housing Australians through COVID-19
Erin Dolan, Program Manager – Homelessness and Affordable Housing, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation
Wed, 10 Jun 2020
There is a shortage of secure, affordable houses in Australia. We have known this for a while, but with the pandemic, this truth has become starker.
