Wesley Harrison Information Support and Housing

Program Objective

The Wesley Harrison Information Support and Housing program aims to reduce the number of people becoming homeless within the Eastern Metropolitan Region. It does this by helping people to establish and maintain successful public housing tenancies. This service is available to all current and past social housing and public housing tenants within the catchment area. Within this program, our staff work with clients to promote self-determination, self-reliance and independence of the welfare system. This program is also a joint service from Wesley Mission and UnitingCare Harrison, with Wesley being the lead agency.

Program Philosophy

To provide advocacy and support to clients to establish and sustain their social and public housing tenancies.

Criteria

• Open to people with social and public housing tenancies, who live within the catchment area.

Catchment Area

Tenants residing and having contact with Box Hill Office (i.e. Ashwood, Ashburton, Box Hill, Balwyn, Bulleen, Burwood, Camberwell, Canterbury, Chadstone, Clayton, Doncaster, Donvale, Forest Hill, Glen Iris, Glen Waverley, Hawthorn, Hughesdale, Huntingdale, Kew, Mitcham, Mont Albert, Mt Waverley, Mulgrave, Notting Hill, Oakleigh, Park Orchards, Surrey Hills, Syndal, Templestowe, Warrandyte and Wheelers Hill).

Time / Days of Operation

Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm

Cost

No Cost.

Referrals to the Program

Self referral, OoH or Agencies.

Activities / Services of the Program

• Advocacy
• Assistance to early housing applications
• Establishing successful tenancies
• Support tenancies at risk