Report
Homelessness across Australia: the Salvation Army’s response
Publisher
Homelessness
Social isolation
Poverty
Social issues
Housing
Families
Australia
Description
Key findings:
- 155 Salvation Army homelessness services operate across Australia.
- One out of every eight clients who accesses all Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) in Australia accesses a Salvation Army service.
- Over 20% of clients accessing Salvation Army SHS services who provided information on their mental health have been diagnosed with a mental health issue.
- 44% of clients accessing Salvation Army SHS services identified housing affordability or housing crisis as their main presenting issue.
- 17% of Salvation Army clients identified financial difficulty as their main presenting issue.
- Approximately 50% of women accessing Salvation Army SHS women’s services identified domestic and family violence as their main presenting issue.
- 25% of clients accessing Salvation Army homelessness services have been homeless for more than six months.
- Over 80% of Salvation Army SHS clients identified government support payments as their main source of income.
- Over $31 million of Salvation Army generated revenue is directed to Salvation Army SHS services, in addition to nearly $58 million provided by governments.
- More than 310,000 accommodation days were provided.
Publication Details
Copyright:
The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory 2013 (Revised May 2014)
License type:
All Rights Reserved
Post date:
10 Dec 2013