The specialist homelessness services 2015–16 web report is the fifth annual report from the Specialist Homelessness Services Collection (SHSC). It describes the characteristics of clients of specialist homelessness services, the services requested, outcomes achieved, and unmet requests for services during 2015–16.

  • Cat. no: WEB 162
Findings from this report:

  • 275 requests for assistance were unable to be met each day

  • Almost 2 in 5 clients sought support for domestic and family violence

  • 1 in 4 clients were Indigenous, compared with just 1 in 33 of the population overall