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.