World Homeless Day 10th of October

Via #WorldHomelessDay On 6 Continents, You can help Build Community Capacity Improve Policy & Raise over a Billion $£€+ 4 Charity

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

TODAY, October 10th is World Homeless Day.
➡️The social media hashtag is #WorldHomelessDay
➡️The website is https://t.co/UHOxTLULB5
➡️Follow: World @homelessday
There is a groundswell of activity for around a month & a half surrounding the day:
✅Not simply a day of observance or celebration, World Homeless Day is a community capacity building program, through which significant change & progress occurs in over 100 countries on six continents to prevent & decrease people's experience of homelessness.
✅Billions of $£€+ are raised for charity.
✅Housing & Homelessness summits & roundtables are hosted, as well as industry conferences, on or close to the date.
✅The date itself is used to set goals, benchmark progress & celebrate accomplishments from one year to the next on October 10th.
✅Changes to government policies & laws are announced, accompanied by the release of new funding in relation to housing policy & the alleviation of suffering & prevention of death for those currently experiencing homelessness.
✅In Parliments, declarations, debates & announcements are made.
✅New money & policy is released to prevent homelessness (prevention is widely considered as the most useful policy regarding homelessness).
✅Various research findings, official inquiry reports, senate inquiry reports and new government papers are often released on or with close proximity to the date.
✅Memorials are held for those who have died while homeless.
✅Workplace celebrations are held to acknowledge the contributions of staff & volunteers who work to prevent & end homelessness & alleviate the suffering of those experiencing it. Sometimes cake is served.
✅Protests, street marches & rallies are held. Health clinics & open days, as well as assemblies for screenings of documentary & relevant films.
✅Workplaces, educational institutions and places of worship host guest speakers, collect donations for charities & partner with service providers.
✅Pop-up public works of art regarding homelessness, a housing crisis, shelter, or poverty, are offered; significant photography is released.
✅Media coverage is of people working to prevent & end homelessness & alleviate the suffering of those experiencing it. While peak bodies, lead agencies, major charities, industry bodies & associations, unions, foundations & government departments feature in media coverage.
✅The voices of small charities & less powerful stakeholders are also amplified.
✅World Homeless Day helps to reveal the depth of suffering, opportunities to help alleviate suffering, changes to policy that can prevent homelessness before it happens, & a way forward to assist people currently experiencing homelessness.

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

BIG change in Australia: PM @AlboMP & Treasurer @JEChalmers & @AustralianLabor have introduced the most aggressive housing market interventions in decades, shifting policy significantly toward the decommodification of residential real estate
❓Decommodification means treating housing primarily as a social good & shelter rather than a financial investment asset
✅Congratulations to everyone involved in this long fought for policy change
"Beautifully done Aussie Treasurer, a decent lean on the rudder of a big ship to turn." World @HomelessDay
AU Treasurer gave special mention to policy advocates: @NationalShelter @_EverybodysHome / @HomelessnessAus @BetterRentingAU @ACOSS

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

🛑Organised sexual exploitation of children from vulnerable circumstances happens everywhere in the world
🟰It is a cause of youth homelessness & a new reality for many young people who become homeless: that they will be exploited
✅Hat tip to @elonmusk & other activists who have helped bring the parasites preying on children in the UK to light
✅UK PM @Keir_Starmer here is your moment

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I want the world to hear what we heard.

[Everybody's Home @_EverybodysHome]

Using investor tax break reform as a justification for raising rents is opportunistic profiteering. https://t.co/mS7zKyWbee

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

Homeless Sector Training Video:
Whose needs are really being met❓#homeless
https://t.co/mcaMPUHGT5

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

USA: Ezra Klein @ezraklein of @nytimes moderated an interesting forum on California housing policy with the 5 highest poling Democratic candidates for Governor:
Matt Mahan @MattMahanSJ
Xavier Becerra @XavierBecerra
Katie Porter @katieporterca
Antonio Villaraigosa @AVillaraigosa
Tom Steyer @TomSteyer
Intro by: Buffy Wicks @BuffyWicks
https://t.co/fpgFsKGn3b

[Terner Center @TernerHousing]

What can researchers learn from Terner Labs' Housing Policy Simulator Visualization? Our new analysis looks at how 5 policy scenarios intersect with conditions in Denver, San Diego & Tucson to shape the likelihood of multifamily housing being built.
https://t.co/n1LnlbWRew

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

How to increase or decrease homelessness:
Imagine a highway with onramps as ways into homelessness & offramps (escape routes) out of homelessness
✅Narrowing the onramps & widening the offramps are how you solve homelessness
✅Communities with wide open onramps will have a never-ending supply of people newly homeless
✅Communities with poor offramps will bottleneck & grow homelessness
https://t.co/LIBiQT39Kd
#worldhomelessday #homeless #homelessness #homelessnessprevention

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

Thank you @AlediaSunil & the team @CHDIndia for 15 highly impactful years of service to people experiencing homelessness & the wider community.

[CHDIndia (Centre For Holistic Development-CHD) @CHDIndia]

Social justice is not charity; it is the restoration of rights, dignity, and equal opportunity.” — @AlediaSunil

#15YearsOfCHD #SocialJustice #RightsDignityInclusion #SunilKumarAledia #CHDIndia #NoOneLeftBehind

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

World Homeless Day is the THINK BIG = GET RESULTS TOOL that has been used around the world to raise billions, shock change policy, build community capacity & save lives.
✅What will you do with it⁉️

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

The most fiscally conservative response to houselessness is housing:
✅It costs more to criminalise people experiencing homelessness than to house them, YES in the short term, but EVEN MORE expensive in the long term.

[National Homelessness Law Center @homeless_law]

Shana, a Louisiana resident who was previously homeless, speaks out against the state’s proposed anti-homeless bill: “Arrests don’t fix poverty. You can’t police your way out of a housing shortage.”

[Brijesh Arya @brijesharya]

The MyMumbai Photo Exhibition 2026 was successfully inaugurated by Chief Guest Mr. Ujjwal Uke, IAS (Retd.) Mr. Sanjay Thakur &Mr. Anil Galgali ,Pehchan teams and dignitaries graced the occasion Press Club,homeless voices through their powerful lens
#MyMumbaiExhibition #Pehchan

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

Without London, the UK’s GDP is equivalent to Mississippi = the United States poorest state
📌Poverty in Labour’s first year, up 500k to 13.4 million (2024/25) @Keir_Starmer 's @UKLabour
📌“Poverty in the UK is still not just widespread, it is deeper & more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years.” Peter Matejic @jrf_uk
https://t.co/tLffrxs9TS

[World Homeless Day 10th of October @HomelessDay]

Australia
📌Past 1 YEAR number of people living in their vehicle up 17% @aihw
📌Past 5 YEARS median cost of homes & rentals up more than 40%: @cotality_au
📌High fuel costs cause non-profits to lose volunteers, donations & reduce staff shifts: @cassandragoldie of @ACOSS
📌Impact of War in Iran felt in Australia: Minister @tanya_plibersek
📌Fuel tax halved for 3 months reducing price by 26.3 cents a litre @AlboMP
https://t.co/uCrq03i95G

[Steve Berg @sberg0]

Veterans homelessness (yes we will end it!)
https://t.co/kJvOj9iPYN

[Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa @OttawaAlliance]

Save the date! Registration will open soon for our second annual Race to End Homelessness Ottawa, taking place Sunday, September 27, 2026. We can't wait!

[London Renters Union @LDNRentersUnion]

Across the world, tenants are taking action and winning. We can win big here too but only if we turn up for each other

👉 18 April 1PM, Soho Sq Gardens.

[Brijesh Arya @brijesharya]

मुंबई सकाळ- पहचान तर्फे मुंबईतील बेघर नागरिकांनी त्यांच्या नजरेतून टिपलेल्या छायाचित्रांवर आधारित “माय मुंबई 2026” या कॅलेंडरचे प्रकाशन महाराष्ट्र राज्याचे मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस यांच्या हस्ते करण्यात आले. या प्रसंगी आरटीआय कार्यकर्ते अनिल गलगली तसेच बृजेश आर्य उपस्थित होते

[Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf_uk]

Poverty is deepening.

🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.

People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.

This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.

[Larkin Street Youth Services @LarkinStreet]

2,093 isn't just a number. It's 2,093 names. 2,093 stories. 2,093 reasons we show up every day. In 2025, the youth we serve came ready to build something—and they did. 87% exited to stable housing. 64% were employed or in school. This is what ending youth homelessness looks like.

[Big Issue @BigIssue]

Born in the UK in 1991, the Big Issue inspired independent Big Issues around the world, including Big Issue Australia, and Big Issue Taiwan.

Everywhere, the model stays the same: vendors buy the magazine for 50% of the cover price and earn the difference.