The message is clear: everyone needs a home

Throughout Homelessness Week, MCM called for more housing options for the thousands of young Victorians without a safe home.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, young people were falling through the cracks in homelessness services. They’re often priced out of social housing. And when you’re a teenager dealing with childhood trauma, mental illness or chronic health problems, you need more support than housing alone.

Now lockdowns have made life even harder for these vulnerable young people.

That’s why MCM wants the Victorian government to direct more of its $5.3 billion Big Housing Build fund to meet the needs of young people. During Homelessness Week, our staff also took to social media, speaking up for the young people they care for every day.

Thank you for helping us stand up for young people who’ve been through so much, and who deserve a safe home and future as much as any of us.

What will it take to transform youth homelessness?

• Housing geared to young people’s needs
• Support for young people to work, study and live confident lives
• Help for young people to heal from trauma
  
  

Some stats to consider

14,000 young Victorians seek help for homelessness each year.

1 out of 4 of Victoria's homeless are aged between 12 and 24.

Every night, more than 6,000 young people have no safe place to sleep in Victoria.

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