%T The cost of youth homelessness in Australia: research brief
%A David MacKenzie
%A Paul Flatau
%A Adam Steen
%A et al.
%I Swinburne Institute for Social Research
%D 2016

%K Youth services, %K Homelessness, %K Homeless youth, %K Social issues, %K Community housing, %K Social housing


%R 10.4225/50/5722A58AE5600
%U https://apo.org.au/node/63479

%X The costs to the Australia economy of health services associated with young people experiencing homelessness is an average of $8,505 per person per year or $355 million across all young people aged 15-24 accessing Specialist Homelessness Services. This is $6,744.00 per person per year more than for long-term unemployed youth (another key group of disadvantaged youth).
%9 Report