Homelessness In Australia
This article describes homelessness in Australia. The majority of long term homeless people are found in the large cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. It is estimated that on any given night approximately 105,000 people will be homeless.
A person is considered to be homeless in Australia if they:
- Do not to have safe, secure adequate housing, or, if the only housing they have access to damages, or is likely to damage, their health
- Are in circumstances which threaten or adversely affect the adequacy, safety, security or affordability of their home
- Have no security of tenure – that is, they have no legal right to continued occupation of their home
Read more about Homelessness In Australia: 2006 Census Homelessness Figures, The Road Home - Federal Government White Paper, Youth Homelessness in Australia, Deinstitutionalisation, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Homelessness
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