Specialist homelessness services annual report 2016–17

Web report
Last updated: 12 Feb 2018
Author: AIHW
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The specialist homelessness services 2016–17 web report is the sixth 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 2016–17.

This report was first published on 14 December 2017. Additional material was added on 12 February 2018:

Cat. no: WEB 217

Findings from this report:

1 in 2 people seeking homelessness services in 2016–17 had received services previously, in the past 5 years
Most homeless people were assisted into private dwellings: 16,000 in private dwellings and 11,000 in social housing
2 in 5 clients had experienced domestic and family violence
288,000 people were assisted by specialist homelessness agencies in 2016–17

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