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What is the goal of the Melbourne Zero movement? Why should I join? How will Melbourne Zero end rough sleeping by 2030? What’s the scale of the problem? What is rough sleeping? What is chronic homelessness? Is there any city or town in the world that has ended homelessness? How can I help someone rough sleeping in my area? Can my business/council join Melbourne Zero? What’s the Advance to Zero method and a By-Name List? Who is behind the Melbourne Zero movement?

What is the goal of the Melbourne Zero movement?

Answer

Melbourne Zero has an ambitious goal: To end rough sleeping in Melbourne by 2030. When we achieve this goal we will become Australia’s first city to end rough sleeping.  

The movement uses a proven international method where efforts are targeted to ending homelessness for a specific group of people (for example, young people, veterans or people experiencing chronic homelessness).  

Melbourne Zero’s goal is to end homelessness for those who are sleeping rough on our streets. 

In practice this means making any experience of homelessness in the community rare, brief and once off – what's known as functional zero, where the number of people leaving chronic homelessness and finding permanent housing is equal to or greater than people still in homelessness.