Youth Homelessness Matters
We call upon all levels of the Australian Government to take youth homelessness seriously and to provide the policy and financial committment to ensure that the required service levels to young homele... continue reading »
"Homelessness is all of our challenge - we have fantastic people, resources and ways of working with the issues productively and for the benefit of the whole community - let's all refresh our committment, and Governments remember funding is vital - young p"
"Urgent attention is required"
"homelessness in a rich country like ours - a crying shame!"
"It is impossile for Young people that are already are on a low income, to afford rent in the current private residential rental market and because of the long waiting lists for Public Housing and Community Housing options as much as 15 years in some areas"
"everyone deserves a home"
"Where can young people go when they are homeless in rural towns?"
"Youth Homlessness can only be addressed with real committment from Government to address the structural causes of homelessness - poverty, low incomes, unemployment, lack of affordable housing etc. There is numerous research and positions about what needs "