Month: May 2022

In this podcast series, we chat with some amazing speakers. Our speakers include politicians, government workers, service providers, researchers, academics and people with a lived experience of homelessness. We tackle some of the important issues faced by children and young people at risk of or who are experiencing homelessness.

Homelessness is a broad term which encompasses a diverse range of people and experiences, but in it’s simplest form, it is the state of having no home. In Australia an increasing number of people are finding themselves in this state due in part to a lack of affordable housing, which can both lead to homelessness…

Homelessness is not a choice. But for many it is a reality. On any given night one in 200 people in Australia are homeless. And the problem is getting worse. In the last few years the number of people seeking help from homelessness services has been increasing faster than population growth. While there are many…

Indigenous Australians carry the legacy of one of the oldest living cultures in the world but are sadly overrepresented in homelessness statistics. On Census night in 2011, an estimated 26,743 Indigenous people were experiencing homelessness. The podcast explores this issue with Katrina D’Angelo, Melbourne City Mission’s Aboriginal Cultural Advisor.