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Homelessness Week: 7-13 August 2023 

Homelessness Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of the impact of homelessness, and the solutions needed to end homelessness. 

The theme for Homelessness Week 2023 is “It’s time to end homelessness”.

Join the conversation

Help amplify the messages of Homelessness Week and share your stories, thoughts and concerns about homelessness on social media using the hashtag #HW2023. 

Share the facts about homelessness with your community and ask them to share their insights on how to end homelessness.

Facts:

Who is homeless?

  • On any given night, 122,494 people in Australia are experiencing homelessness (ABS Census 2021).
  • One in seven people experiencing homelessness are children under 12 (ABS Census 2021).
  • 23 percent of people experiencing homelessness (almost one in 4) are children and young people between 12 and 24 (ABS Census 2021).
  • One in five people experiencing homelessness are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people (ABS Census 2021).
  • Homelessness is not "rooflessness". Only 6.2 percent of people without a home are sleeping rough. The majority of homelessness is hidden - people in crisis accommodation, rooming houses, insecure housing, overcrowded dwellings, or couch surfing.

Why do people become homeless?

  • 52% of people seeking homelessness services say issues with housing or finances, such as the affordability of rent, are the main reason they need help
  • 28% cite family violence or other violence and abuse as the main reason they need help 5% cite other family relationship issues
  • 15% cite other issues

What is needed to end homelessness?

  • To end homelessness once it occurs people need: Adequate incomes
  • A home
  • To be free from violence and abuse Effective support to gain and retain housing

Resources

Action pack can be found:

https://homelessnessaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Supporter-Pack-2023-6.pdf 

A series of posters and digital assets can be found here:

https://homelessnessaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/HA-Digital-Assets-copy.pdf