A surging number of homeless people identified in Victoria has prompted a call for urgent investment in support and public housing, with the problem growing fastest in some regional areas.
people identified in Victoria has prompted a call for urgent investment in support and public housing, with the problem growing fastest in some regional areas.
Council to Homeless Persons CEO Deborah Di Natale said the data reflected a growing problem but also uncovered previously hidden cases because the census took place during a COVID-19 lockdown, when homeless people were offered emergency accommodation in hotels, making them easier to identify. The biggest increase in homelessness was in the electorate of South Barwon, which covers part of Geelong and the Surf Coast, where it jumped from 148 people in 2016 to 838 in 2021, driven by a 10-fold increase in people living in rooming and boarding houses, where bedrooms are rented out by individual residents.
The Bureau of Statistics considers a dwelling “severely crowded” when four or more extra bedrooms would be needed to properly accommodate the people who live there. It considers these people homeless because they generally do not have adequate personal space or privacy. But Di Natale said the state would need to build 6000 new social housing homes every year for the next decade to meet demand after decades of neglect., which it launched during the pandemic to house rough sleepers in medium to long-term accommodation.
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