Social Services scraps funding for homeless and housing groups

By Heath Aston
Updated December 23 2014 - 4:08pm, first published December 22 2014 - 7:36pm
New Social Services Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
New Social Services Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

As Scott Morrison prepared to step in as Social Services Minister, his new department was contacting housing advocacy groups and other community services providers on Monday to inform them their funding had been cut and contracts with the Commonwealth would be discontinued.