Juno’s submissions and research focus on the issues that we believe are at the heart of gendered homelessness: gender inequity and poverty. We seek to promote an understanding of these issues and advocate for meaningful changes to the structures and practices which impact women, trans and gender diverse people.
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- Submission of Juno to the Inquiry into the redevelopment of Melbourne’s public housing towers – The wellbeing of Melbourne’s public housing residents must be at the forefront of any redevelopment plans. Displacing vulnerable communities without guaranteed replacement of public housing units exacerbates existing social inequalities and will only worsen the current housing crisis. | View PDF
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- Submission on the National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024 (No.2) – Juno believes the Bill has the components to support the sustained and effective housing and homelessness policy needed to address the growing rates of homelessness and housing insecurity in Australia. | View PDF
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- Juno’s EMPower Pilot Program – Endline Evaluation Report – For-Purpose Evaluations carried out a comprehensive evaluation of Juno’s EMPower Program, demonstrating remarkable achievements in capacity building and poverty reduction. It is purpose designed to support women, trans and gender diverse people on low income to build strong, economically secure and thriving futures for themselves and their families. View For-Purpose Evaluations’ Full Evaluation Report | View the Report Summary | Find out more about EMPower
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- Juno’s Submission to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan – Our submission highlights the ways in which the silos of government can lead to disjointed service delivery, and that an overarching, outcomes-focus is necessary to guide policy and program development. We hope that the Plan will be ambitious, far-reaching and lived and living experience led. | View PDF
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- The Victorian Women’s Housing Alliance (WHA) Submission to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan – WHA, a coalition of more than 20 services with expertise in the delivery of safe, sustainable housing, and the provision of family violence and homelessness support drew on our collective experience and expertise to provide crucial recommendations to the Plan. | View PDF
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- Parity Magazine: Gender and Homelessness Edition – Juno contributed an article on our EMPower Program, a coaching approach focused on long-term goals and a breakthrough economic mobility model that supports womenn, trans and gender diverse people to recover from the impacts of trauma and build a strong, economically secure and thriving futures. | View PDF
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- Juno 2023/2024 Pre-Budget Submission to Treasury – Our submission highlights the importance of greater investment and focus on policy and programs to improve social and economic outcomes for Australian women, trans and gender diverse people and their children. | View PDF
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- GEN VIC Budget Submission 2022/2023: Recovery and Resilience – Read our submission on our new integrated response, EMPower, which has been purpose-designed to work with women on low incomes who have experienced family violence and homelessness coaching them to achieve economic mobility. | View PDF
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- Inquiry into Homelessness (March 2020) – We made a submission to the Inquiry that spotlights women and children’s unique experiences of homelessness, calling for it to be considered in future policy and funding. Juno was also formally invited to give evidence to the Inquiry’s Committee. | View PDF
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- Crisis in Crisis Report (February 2019) – Report into the state of short-term accommodation for people who are homeless. This report highlighted the particular dangers of this kind of accommodation to the safety of women and their children. | View PDF
- Crisis in Crisis Report (February 2019) – Report into the state of short-term accommodation for people who are homeless. This report highlighted the particular dangers of this kind of accommodation to the safety of women and their children. | View PDF
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- Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence (May 2015) – Joint submission by Juno (then WISHIN), EDVOS, Safe Futures Foundation, Safe Steps and the Victorian Women’s Trust. | View PDF
