Barney Wilson
Manager Homelessness and Housing Pathways
City of Melbourne
Barney Wilson is the Manager Homelessness and Housing Pathways, Homes Melbourne, within the City of Melbourne. Barney has held various senior housing, homelessness and community development roles within local government and at state government levels over the past 20 years and is the chair the Council of Capital Lord Mayors National Homelessness working group.
As the Manager of Homelessness and Housing Pathways, Barney leads Homes Melbourne’s homelessness portfolio, overseeing policy, research, service coordination, service design, community education, and the delivery of specialist supported housing projects.
SESSIONS
Day 1
11:20
Redefining local government's role in ending homelessness - ideas and innovations from around Australia
Session Moderator: Barney Wilson, Manager Homelessness and Housing Pathways, City of Melbourne
Sarah Cleggett, Senior Social Planner, City of Adelaide
Leanne Mitchell, Director, Leanne Mitchell Consulting; Churchill Fellow and Expert Advisor, Local Government and Homelessness
Kath Brackett, Director, Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)
Emma Greenhalgh, Housing and Homelessness Practitioner