Oct 7, 2025 | Youth homelessness
Experiencing homelessness is not only destabilising – it is traumatic. It compounds existing mental wellbeing challenges and introduces new risks that can affect every aspect of a child or young person’s life. “Experiencing homelessness contributes to significant...
Sep 18, 2025 | Impact stories, Youth homelessness
Last year, more than 13,200 young people in NSW faced homelessness on their own. Without an adult to guide and support them, they have no choice but to navigate a complex service system alone – a system designed primarily for adults and one that is already stretched...
Sep 1, 2025 | Domestic and family violence, Youth homelessness
At just 24 years old, Inez* has already endured more instability than most people face in a lifetime. She’s experienced homelessness and housing insecurity on and off since she was 10. “The longest I’ve ever had a stable home is three years,” she says. Her...
Aug 7, 2024 | Youth homelessness
Almost a quarter of Australia’s homeless population is aged between 12 and 24. Last year, nearly 40,000 children and young people found themselves without a safe place to call home. Often overlooked in a system built for adults, these young people face immense...
Jul 24, 2024 | Impact stories, Youth homelessness
As a child, Layla’s* home was filled with fighting. She and her four siblings grew up in constant fear of how her parent’s arguments would end. “It was a scary time of my life,” she reflects. “The fighting would get so bad that most things in our house were broken or...
