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ACT Shelter ‘surviving on reserves’ after serving Canberra’s homeless community for 50 years

In March 2026, ACT Shelter’s fifty-year legacy as the ACT’s housing justice peak – and our current perilous financial situation – featured in an ABC News story. The story included interviews with ACT Shelter’s CEO, founding members and representatives from the ACT’s housing and homelessness sector.

ACT Shelter acknowledges the Ngunnawal, Ngambri and Ngarigo peoples as the traditional custodians of the unceded lands of the ACT and region. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, and recognise their continuing connection to culture, community and Country.