More older Aussie women couch surf or sleep in a car
Imagine reaching age 55 and having to choose between couch surfing or sleeping in your car. This is the situation for thousands of older women in Australia.
Why housing first helps end homelessness
Australia’s homelessness and community services are largely designed to help people be ‘ready’ for housing. But is this approach really the best way to tackle homelessness?
How social housing initiatives help the homeless
Today one in 20 private rental homes in Melbourne are affordable to someone on a low income compared to five years ago when it was one in five, according to the latest DHHS rent report.
I was homeless at 17, and what I learned was that no one listens to our youth
“Delinquents,” “street kids,” “trouble-makers” and “runaways” are just same of the names young people experiencing homelessness are called.
I was homeless at 17, but I was never houseless
I was homeless at 17, but I was never houseless.
