Project Proposal: Exploring Homelessness in Australia (PPMP20018)

This project proposal, likely for a Business Development or related course (PPMP20018), addresses homelessness in Australia. It aims to provide affordable housing using renewable resources, focusing on understanding the root causes of homelessness, including domestic violence, financial instability, and health issues. The project's scope includes building affordable units and providing essential services. The proposal outlines strategic alignment, alternative approaches, and identifies key stakeholders, including government, funding authorities, and NGOs. It details a plan with activities, costs, and funding sources, including grants and fundraising. The proposal also addresses potential risks, such as stakeholder involvement and funding limitations, and provides mitigation strategies. References to relevant literature on homelessness are included.

PPMP20018 Project Proposal
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Proposal
1 Project Description
2 Opportunity/Problem
“To explore the reason behind homelessness in Australia and its impact”.
There are 105,237 homelessness people in Australia as per census night in 2011 (Homelessness is a
Human Rights Issue, 2008). This study is focused on providing home to homeless people by
constructing affordable units with the help of renewable resources (Veld, 2016).
3 Proposed Scope
The scope of project is not limited as it aims at providing affordable home units to
homelessness in Australia. It will also focus on understanding reason behind homelessness of
people which can be domestic and physical violence, housing crisis, financial crisis, health issues
etc. After identifying the reason behind homelessness, homes will be provided to people with
appropriate water and sanitation facilities.
4 Strategic Alignment
The proposal will help in analyzing issues which can arise at the time of determining reasoning
behind homelessness in Australia, collecting data and also at time to implementing technical
and construction skills. Moreover, problem can be evaluating optimum use of reusable
resources. Apart from this, the problem which can hinder construction is the support form
society and funding authorities.
5 Alternative
6 Alternative
To address similar problem researcher can focus on creating awareness about Homelessness
and conditions of people who do not have home to live. Alternative to this can be providing
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housing facilities to homeless society as the individual struggles with social exclusion
(ZUFFEREY and HORSELL, 2017). It will comprise risk and massive investment.
7 Stakeholders
8 Key stakeholders and impact
Australian Homeless people
Government, which will assist in seeking space and approval for construction
Funding housing authorities, public investors
Grants and technical support from university
9 Initial Project Approach
10 Proposed Key Activities and schedule
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funds
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authorities
Securing
yards and
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skilled
workers
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Concept Proposal - <Project Name>
11 Possible Resource Requirements
Experts and technicians who will assist in construction
University supervisors to guide
Three subordinates for construction units.
12 Constraints / Assumptions
The major constraint of the study will be time constraints.
Seeking for funds and investors will be challenging.
Legal restrictions from government for the sake of interest of homeless people in Australia.
Assumption is Fund raising activities and manage construction with reusable resources.
13 Initial Indicative Cost & Potential Funding Source
It also comprises survey and cost of expertise involved in project.
Funding sources can be society, volunteers and Social Psychology programmers.
Activity Cost
Provision and stationery 5000
Containers 230000
Workers 44300
Licensing and permission 4500
Organising even for raising funds 2500
Field 5500
Additional resources (Fixtures and fittings) 85000
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Concept Proposal - <Project Name>
Total 348700
Funding sources
Funding Gathering 140000
Event for charity 90000
Helpers (NGOs, volunteers, social
programmers)
1.5
Grant from CQU university 35000
14 Interdependencies
Permission from government and local council
Compliance with legal framework
Seeking support from CQU university
15 Risk and Mitigation
Risk Mitigation
Lack of cooperation and involvement of
stakeholders
Communicating and informing stakeholders
about every process and plan
Accidents at construction site Applying Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
Lack of funds for processing Seeking grants from all possible sources which
will be University, housing authorities, social
programmers etc.
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Concept Proposal - <Project Name>
16 References
Veld, M., (2016). A profile of vulnerable young people accessing specialist homelessness services:
What does the specialist homelessness services collection (SHSC) tell us?. Parity. 29(3).
p.4.
ZUFFEREY, C., & HORSELL, C. (2017). Homelessness in Australia. In Faces of Homelessness in
the Asia Pacific. Routledge. (pp. 147-159).
Homelessness is a Human Rights Issue. (2008). [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/homelessness-human-rights-issue>.
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