Join Rosanne Haggerty, President and CEO of Community Solutions (USA) and international homelessness expert, to hear about how communities are deploying innovative tools to eliminate homelessness. Hear how governments, businesses and the not-for-profit sector can work together to solve homelessness, as momentum grows to end homelessness in Australia and internationally.
📍 Location: The Edge, State Library of Queensland
🕑 10am arrival for morning tea.
Forum:10.30am-12 noon
✨ Special guest speaker, Rosanne Haggerty is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Solutions (USA), an internally recognised leader in developing innovative strategies to end homelessness and strengthen communities.
"Based on our research, the rapid escalation in housing costs in Australia has created the conditions - absent of any major changes - for homelessness to significantly increase." - Professor Gregg Colburn
Presented by Micah Projects and supported by State Library Queensland
Bookings essential: https://events.humanitix.com/solving-homelessness-in-brisbane-discussion-forum
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