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  • Homeless Law Service

    Justice Connect's Homeless Law service provides provides ongoing legal support on some areas of law to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. 


    We will ask you some more questions about the types of problems that Homeless Law can help with, and information we need to assess your eligibility.


    If it seems like you are eligible, you can decide to provide your personal information and make an application for assistance.


     How we use and what we do with your personal information

    The personal information that you provide to us in this application is used to make an assessment about whether we are able to provide you with a service or refer you to another service provider.

    We respect your privacy and confidential information, and have designed robust systems to protect your information.

    Some of our services are delivered by our lawyers in our pro bono network. We may share your information with these lawyers for the purposes of finding you legal assistance.

    We will not share your personal information with other service providers (other than lawyers that we are trying to recruit to provide you with legal assistance) without first seeking your consent.

    We may use deidentified and anonymised information collected to improve our products and services.

    We collect, use, disclose and store your personal information in accordance with our privacy policy.

    View our privacy policy and disclaimer.


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  • Select a location of your legal issue. This might be different to where you are now.

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      Includes Cocos Islands, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Jarvis Bay, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Coral Sea Islands.

  • Unfortunately, our Homeless Law Service only operates in Victoria

    In some states and territories there are services for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. 

    New South Wales - Homeless Persons’ Legal Service – Public Interest Advocacy Centre

  • Unfortunately, our Homeless Law Service only operates in Victoria

    In some states and territories there are services for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. 

  • Unfortunately, our Homeless Law Service only operates in Victoria

    In some states and territories there are services for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. 

    Queensland - Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic - LawRight

  • Unfortunately, our Homeless Law Service only operates in Victoria

    In some states and territories there are services for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. 

    Western Australia - Homeless Persons’ Free Legal Advice Clinic - Street Law Centre

  • Unfortunately, our Homeless Law Service only operates in Victoria

    In some states and territories there are services for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. 

    Australian Capital Territory - Street Law

  • Unfortunately, our Homeless Law Service only operates in Victoria

    In some states and territories there are services for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. 

    Northern Territory (at risk of homelessness only) - Tenant's Advice Service - Darwin Community Legal Service

  • Unfortunately, our Homeless Law Service only operates in Victoria

    In some states and territories there are services for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. 

    New South Wales - Homeless Persons’ Legal Service – Public Interest Advocacy Centre

    Queensland - Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic - LawRight

    Western Australia - Homeless Persons’ Free Legal Advice Clinic - Street Law Centre

    Australian Capital Territory - Street Law

    Northern Territory (at risk of homelessness only) - Tenant's Advice Service - Darwin Community Legal Service

    You can also visit Community Legal Centres in Australia for the Australian online directory. 

    If you have a legal problem in a different country, you may be able to find your local legal service to assist. 

  • Your housing situation

    Please select the option which is most suitable to your current housing situation. 

  • Why are we asking for this information?

    Why we are asking

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    We are asking this information because it helps us assess if we have a service that can help you. Some of our services have specific eligibility criteria. We will not save this information linked to your name unless you provide your name to us at a later stage in the application process.
  • e.g. sleeping rough, couch surfing, or living in temporary transitional housing.
  • e.g. you have received a notice to vacate your property and do not have other housing options.

  • Unfortunately, Homeless Law cannot provide legal help to people who live in homes that they own

    You can see Justice Connect's other services and find out if they may be able to assist you at: www.justiceconnect.org.au/help

  • Unfortunately, Homeless Law cannot provide legal help to people who are not at risk of homelessness

    You can see Justice Connect's other services and find out if they may be able to assist you at: www.justiceconnect.org.au/help

  • Please select the problem types that apply to you

    Please select the legal problem/s that applies to you from the list below. These are the problems that are relevant to the Homeless Law Service.

    If you have other problems that are not listed here, you can go through Justice Connect's help tool to find out if our other services can assist.

  • Please select the problem types that apply to you*

    The problems in the list below are the problems relevant to the Homeless Law Service.

    Your selections from earlier have been pre-ticked. You can edit your selections below.

  • Unfortunately we cannot provide legal assistance to people whose only legal issue is criminal law

    You can see Justice Connect's other services and find out if they may be able to assist you at: www.justiceconnect.org.au/help

  • Unfortunately, Homeless Law can only assist with some types of legal problems

    These are:

    • tenancy and housing legal problems
    • credit, debt and bill legal problems
    • guardianship and administration legal problems
    • fines and infringements linked to homelessness
    • some criminal law

    If you have a problem that is not covered by Homeless Law, please visit our help page to see whether our other services can help or find out where else to look for legal help here. 

  • Describe your income

  • Why are we asking for this information?

    Why we are asking

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    We are asking this information because it helps us assess if we have a service that can help you. Some of our services have specific eligibility criteria. We will not save this information linked to your name unless you provide your name to us at a later stage in the application process.
  • If you have a partner or spouse, please answer this question for your combined income (eg is your only source of income as a couple government benefits)
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  • Income and assets too high

    Thank you for your responses.


    You have provided that your circumstances include:
    Income: $ {:72}{:135} / year


    Based on your responses, for the type of legal problem that you have, your income is higher than our eligibility requirements.

    Justice Connect's services focus on assisting the most vulnerable people. We know that there are many people with unmet legal needs who cannot afford a lawyer, and are not eligible for our services. We advocate for increased funding of legal services so that more people can access free legal help.

    You can read more about our services and access self-help tools for those services here or you can also read more about where else you can look for free legal help here.

  • Please describe your problem in more detail*

    The more information we receive, the easier it will be for us to assess whether we can provide you with assistance.

  • What you have told us so far:

  • Please provide information about the:

    • Background
    • Who is involved
    • What has happened and
    • What help you need
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    Maximum number of dates reached.

  • Formal letters or notices

    Have you received formal letters or notices about your problem?*

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    • Please provide names of other parties to the legal dispute

      By other parties we mean the people on the other side of the legal issue (eg. a person, a business).
    • Organisation / Individual Name Party's Phone Actions
         
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      Maximum number of parties reached.

    • Tell us about yourself

    • Please provide any details of a support person or if you have any other instructions about how we contact you.
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    "*" indicates required fields

    DD slash MM slash YYYY
    Eg: date of hearing, date of AGM, date of appeal

    • Please provide details of other parties to the legal dispute.

      By other parties we mean the people on the other side of the legal issue (eg. a person, a business). We understand you may not know all the details of the other party, please just provide the details you are aware of. 

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