This teenager shared a room with her younger sister and infant brother while studying for her HSC, but a timely intervention has helped prepare her for life. She wants others to get same help.
: Housing organisation Foyer Foundation wants the government to commit $180 million for sites across the country.The federal government will not comment on the funding but says it will continue to implement its housing reform.
"I was sharing a room with my little sister and also my little brother, which was very hard when I was about to be embarking on my first year at uni," she said.Ms Chan-Hampton moved into a "youth foyer". The social work student, who also works as a case worker with an Indigenous organisation, said the housing support helped during "massive changes" in her life.
"If it gets to a conversation where they need land to progress the project, we'll certainly have a conversation," he said.Housing body NT Shelter's regional coordinator for Central Australia, Annie Taylor, said in Alice Springs, support services were faced with tough decisions. "We will continue to work hard to ensure our broad and ambitious housing reform agenda is working across the board with more help for renters, more help for homebuyers and more help for Australians needing a safe place for the night," she said.'Out of central casting': Could Donald Trump choose this woman as running mate?
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