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Australia's Homeless Youth
A report of the National Youth Commission Inquiry into Youth Homelessness.
Youth homelessness has doubled in Australia in the last 20 years, according to a new independent report, which provides a ten step 'roadmap' for strategic action to reverse the trend.
In 2006, about 22,000 Australian 12 to 18-year-olds have no fixed address, and are living in temporary shelter like youth refuges and boarding houses, 'coach-surfing' at a friend's place or sleeping on the streets, while more than 36,000 young people were using Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) services.
The National Youth Commission's report, 'Australia's Homeless Youth', found that the likely total of 50,000 to 70,000 homeless children and young people was at risk of increasing due to housing affordability problems and the stretched capacity of state care services.
This report was funded by the philanthropic Caledonia Foundation.
Visit the National Youth Commission website for more information.
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