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"The housing crisis and rising financial stress are pushing more than 1,600
people into homelessness each month as demand for sheltering services soars, a
report has found.
Homelessness Australia said between December and March demand for homelessness
services rose 7.5% across Australia amid soaring rents and record low vacancy
rates. In total, an extra 6,658 people sought help.
The biggest rise in demand for homelessness services was seen in Queensland
(12.9% rise) followed by Western Australia (11.1%) and New South Wales (10.2%),
according to the report, which was released on Friday.
Women and children make up 74% of those accessing services.
Kate Colvin, the chief executive of Homelessness Australia, said the rapidly
rising number of people seeking help made it harder for services to provide it.
“A 7.5% increase in demand in just four months is unheard of. It forces
homelessness services to make extremely tough decisions about who gets
assistance,” she said.
“When you annualise this demand and add it to the existing people turned away
we are looking at a funding shortfall of more than $450m.
“This is just one terrible side effect of the worst housing crisis in living
memory.”"
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
