Summary report of Vibewire's #Hack4Homelessness. Held 15-17 September 2017, this social impact hackathon was designed to tackle the social, technical, cultural and behavioural challenges of homelessness.

1. #hack4homelessness
Report, October 2017

2. Contents
We believe young people
should create, not inherit
the future.
Vibewire is the launchpad for
young changemakers.
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Background
Homelessness themes
Problem statements
Teams and ideas
Winners
Next steps

3. Background
Vibewire in partnership with Jewish House, NCOSS, Exodus Foundation, Minerva Collective, SGCH, QBE
Insurance, Domain hosted a #hack4homelessness on 15-17 September 2017.
Over 90 people participated in the hackathon including, coders, designers, architects, entrepreneurs and
subject matter experts from Link Housing, Catholic Care, Exodus Foundation, Jewish House as well as
people with lived experience of homelessness (past and current).
More than 80% of participants had never been to a hackathon before - and only a small number of people
had previously met. We were all swimming in uncharted waters.
Over 36 hours, nine teams formed and developed solutions that addressed the key themes and problem
statements.

4. Homelessness Themes
Accommodation
Where to find affordable
accommodation, how to keep it
and what options available
Work readiness
Help to get access to education
and flexible employment
Tools and services
To deal with trauma, isolation,
mental health and drug
and alcohol
In-kind and free services
Access to medical, dental, legal,
and accounting services

5. Problem Statements
JEWISH HOUSE Challenge
Homelessness isn’t just about
shelter. We need to connect
people to a network of services
to support them.
SGCH Challenge
We need to find a way to encourage
those who can afford private rentals
to move out of social housing.
NCOSS Challenge
Young people account for 25% of
people accessing homelessness
services in NSW. Around 60% of
those have spent time in out-of-
home care. We’d like to reduce this
by half.
DOMAIN Challenge
Affordable housing - helping supply
meet demand.

6. Interviews
https://youtu.be/_VWsP9ffvVw
https://youtu.be/cT7IxnYh9BY
https://youtu.be/C4woL5CUkdg

7. Teams & Ideas

8. SICAS
Shim, Muberah & Chester
Problem you are solving:
Youth job readiness and skills. Lack of job leads to post
foster care homelessness.
The SICAS solution to this challenge was to prepare training
programs made to look cool to appeal to 15-25 life journeys.

9. Insta Shelter
Jaclyn, Eugene & Amira
Problem you are solving:
Lack of transition accommodation
The Insta Shelter solution to this challenge was to
create private, individual demountable shelter for
people transitioning into permanent accommodation.

10. Shack
Kate, Juraj, Jackie, Jonathon & Christopher
Problem you are solving:
Supply meeting demand
The Shack solution to this challenge was to dramatical-
ly expand the supply of short term accommodation using
AirBnB and Domain data.

11. Bed Scanner
Carmen, Olivia, Ben, John, Jennifer
& Shu-min
Problem you are solving:
Access to beds/accommodation
The Bed Scanner solution to this challenge was to simplify
the current “booking”/referral system reliant on SHS.

12. Fair Bnb
Bonnie, Ethel, Greg, Hannah, Federico,
Melanie & Sheng
Problem you are solving:
Share Housing
The Fair BnB solution to this challenge was to connect peo-
ple looking for accommodation to share housing options.
View presentation

13. Doti
Vinod, Vincen, Tam, Leon
& Shehara
Problem you are solving:
How might we ensure there is a community safety net for
every child in Australia to reduce the risk of homelessness?
The Doti solution to this challenge was create a safe and se-
cure physical and virtual community support network for all
young people in Australia.
#Hack4homelessness - food for the soul Event re-cap care of
Vinod Ralh (Team Doti).

14. Good Mates
Andrew, Joanna, Rishap,
Angela & Lakshmi
Problem you are solving:
Homelessness and guidance for young adults leaving foster
care in conjunction to support for aging community.
The Good Mates solution to this challenge was to provide a
platform that brings together 15-23 year old young adults
and people at and above the pension age. The young assist
the pensioners and receive accommodation and a work
opportunity that’ll lead to a profession in health care.

15. BlendCo
Yuki, Zara, Steve,
LP & Engramar
Problem you are solving:
Prejudice on tenancy application for pre-crisis
homelessness.
The BlendCo solution to this challenge was to create a
microfinance platform with single data repository.

16. Care Connect
John, Penny, Linda, Hardik,
Kimberley & Bishoy
Problem you are solving:
Unused capacity with support services.
The Care Connect solution to this challenge was to create
a centralised booking system using Google calendars and a
simple web interface.

17. Video
https://youtu.be/QOz2wiomLEw

18. Winners
Care Connect
1st Prize #CareConnect a centralised booking system for
unused capacity in accommodation.
Doti
2nd Prize Dream team Deloitte with #Doti a solution that
matches young people at risk of homelessness with a
community of 5 aunties and uncles who can be there in
a time of need.

19. Winners
Good Mates
#GoodMates connecting young people leaving care with
older empty nesters.
BlendCo
#BlendCo is a solution to support renters through
microfinance.

20. Next Steps
FOR WINNERS: INCUBATION
The winning teams continue to work with Vibewire to
incubate their projects.
#CareConnect, #Doti and #GoodMagtes applied for the
NSW Office for Social Impact Investing (OSii) for further
development.
#GoodMates was picked up by Andrew Perry and
Collaboratory which will see the team incubated and
supported to build the solution.

21. Next Steps
FOR VIBEWIRE:
We are presenting at the Investing4Good
conference, showcasing the approach and
the teams Care Connect, Doti, Good Mates
and Fair Bnb.
Social impact incubator: We are
developing a Social Impact Incubator
program that provides downstream support
for projects that emerge from our hack-a-
thing program.
Next social impact hack: We are
planning our next events:
• Hack4DV: tackling the challenges of
family and domestic violence, scheduled
for 8-10 December 2017
• Hack4MentalHealth: tackling the
challenge of youth mental health,
scheduled for February 2018.

22. Vibewire is Australia’s first skills gym designed to prep young people (aged 20-35)
on how to hustle in 2030. We run intensive skills workouts for you to exercise,
challenge and push your enterprise, creative and technology skills working on
real briefs and problems.
We have incubated and supported over 100 creative, social and tech startups,
and helped to launch the careers of over a thousand young change makers.
Check us out on vibewire.org

23. Our Sponsors & Partners
We couldn’t #Hack4Homelessness without the support of our sponsors and partners who
have all gone above and beyond to help us reach deep into our communities to
create connection and change.

24. Crowd Funding Contributors
We’d also like to acknowledge the support of Toby Eggleston, Teamsquare Pty Ltd, Jack
Skinner, Adrian Stone, Sam Rotberg, Nayeli Brancaccio, Asher Tan, Nat Swainston, Rob
Voase, (In memory of) Habib Barbara, Adrian Stone, Annie Parker, Tom Fleming, Alan
Riva, Himal Randeniya, Usman Iftikhar, Adam Joseph, Maya Marcus, Mark Cohen, Carolin
Lenehan,TomDawkins,ColetteGrgic,NatalieWadwell,JoaoMedrado,MartinHesse,Lakshmi
Balasubramani, Alex Scandurra, Kate Powl, Roy Green , Alex Harrington, Monica Wulff, Alan
Jones, Paul Wallbank, Liz Jakubowski, Ayala Domani,Tully Rosen, Anna Robson, Anne-Marie
Elias, John Dobbin and Gavin Heaton.

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