Our history

HomeGround Services was formed in December 2002 from the merger of Argyle Housing Service and Outreach Victoria.

The merger joined two organisations with a similar ethos around high quality service provision, a rights based approach, and a strong commitment to social change. Argyle Housing Service worked with homeless people in Melbourne’s inner south and in the City of Yarra.

Previously known as Argyle Street Housing Service (after the location of its first office in St Kilda), the organisation aimed to provide an accessible service for people seeking safe, secure and low-cost housing.

Outreach Victoria was established in 1991 as George Street Outreach Services. The organisation was based on a partnership between key agencies wanting to meet the needs of chronically homeless people that were too difficult to be effectively supported within the existing service system.