Homeless in Australia

Facts Types
1. There are 116,427 people homeless every night 1. Primary (people without a roof on their head,
in Australia living on the streets)
2. Only 7% of homeless people sleep on the 2. Secondary (people who frequently move from
streets one shelter to another, or couch surf.
3. 15,872 Australian children under 12 years old 3. Tertiary (people living in boarding houses)
are suffering from homelessness
4. 70% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
are experiencing homelessness.
Causes
5. Domestic violence and abuse is one of the 1. Primary (people without a roof on their head,
main reasons people seek support from living on the streets)
2. Secondary (people who frequently move from
homelessness services.
one shelter to another, or couch surf.
Marcus 3. Tertiary (people living in boarding houses)
Valarius
Martial
"A man who
How to Help
lives There are some ways to help solve
everywhere the issue of homelessness. One
lives nowhere." option is to remove homeless
shelters. This is because the
shelters are quite expensive, and
usually understaffed.
Marcus
Aurelius
“Poverty is the Proverbs 14:31
mother of “Whoever
oppresses a poor
crime”
man insults his
The government is able to provide Maker, but he who
is generous to the
them with the necessities and some
needy honours him.
money until they are able to have a
”
stable job.

Providing rental assistance for the

most vulnerable is a way to end
homelessness for those suffering
from mental illness or health
related issues.
Philippians 4:19
“And my God
CHARITIES THAT OFFER will supply every
SUPPORT: need of yours
according to his
-Save The Children riches in glory in
- Street Smart Australia Christ Jesus.”

-Lighthouse Foundation