The Albanese Government’s launch of the National Housing Infrastructure Facility Crisis and Transitional (NHIF CT) program for Australians experiencing or at risk of homelessness is a win for young people who have been overlooked for too long. Across the country, there are up to 40,000 young Australians without a place to call home. Young people…
The top 20 toughest places for young people to find stable housing, land a job and finish school have been revealed in new analysis by the Foyer Foundation into Australia’s youth homelessness crisis. The analysis shows almost 17,000 young people are without a home or struggling to find a place to live in 20 hotspot…
There are 27 Youth Foyers in Australia (16 existing Accredited Youth Foyers, and 11 under construction). Despite having concerning numbers of youth homelessness in local communities, South Australia (SA) has just one Youth Foyer in Port Adelaide. This pre-budget submission to the SA State Government outlines the need for five more Foyers in SA to…
More than 13,000 young people presented alone to specialist homelessness services in New South Wales (NSW) in 2023-24. With no access to “the bank of mum and dad”, these young people are competing in a rental market that is failing adults on double incomes. Housing affordability is at record lows, and about 2 in 3…
More than 2,500 young people presented alone to specialist homelessness services in Western Australia (WA) in 2022-23. Housing affordability and availability in WA are at record lows, and many young people requesting housing support are being turned away. There is an urgent need to support the medium and longer term needs of young people at…
In June 2024 Mission Australia opened Australia’s newest Youth Foyer in Townsville. The new Foyer welcomed 40 young people from Townsville and will support up to 350 young people over the next 10 years. In Townsville, over 55% of all young people experiencing homelessness are First Nations young people. The Townsville Youth Foyer works with…
A new report from Homelessness Australia, released yesterday, highlights the urgent need to create new pathways out of homelessness. The report examined the unmet demand for Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS), which has risen 63 per cent between 2016 and 2023 due to the deepening housing crisis. Foyer Foundation co-CEO Liz Cameron-Smith said SHS providers are…