People in short-term or emergency accommodation: a profile of Specialist Homelessness Services clients
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) People in short-term or emergency accommodation: a profile of Specialist Homelessness Services clients, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 27 October 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). People in short-term or emergency accommodation: a profile of Specialist Homelessness Services clients. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. People in short-term or emergency accommodation: a profile of Specialist Homelessness Services clients. AIHW, 2019.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. People in short-term or emergency accommodation: a profile of Specialist Homelessness Services clients. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, People in short-term or emergency accommodation: a profile of Specialist Homelessness Services clients, AIHW, Canberra.
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Short-term or emergency accommodation is a service provided for the homeless, and those at risk of homelessness. This report explores the circumstances, experiences and housing outcomes of clients in short-term or emergency accommodation who sought assistance from specialist homelessness services between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2015.
Based on service use patterns across a 4-year period, this comprehensive analysis highlights the diversity and the complexities of the short-term or emergency accommodation population.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-488-1(PDF) 978-1-76054-489-8(Print)
- Cat. no: HOU 300
- Pages: 96
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Clients in short-term or emergency accommodation are more likely to be female (15–34 years)
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Younger clients (15–24 years) were more likely to seek help than clients aged 25 and over
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People already in short-term or emergency accommodation were more likely to keep receiving help when needed
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1 in 5 (21%) of clients in short-term or emergency accommodation experienced repeat episodes of homelessness.