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.
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.
Australia’s last 25 years of uninterrupted economic growth has come to an end. In 2016, 3 million people in Australia were living below the poverty line.
Would you open your home to women and children who are homeless due to domestic violence? Safe Haven is trying to make this possible.
History tells us that we won’t end homelessness in Australia by building more crisis accommodation, and it’s clear we can’t rely on the private market to fill the growing housing gap.
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.