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I was just 14 when I first became homeless, the now 29-year-old told nine.com.au. For me, living without a home meant being on the street and relying heavily on the kindness of strangers who eventually became like the friends and family I never had. Being so young, and not even at working age, made it incredibly terrifying as I also had no income to find housing â navigating a fully-fledged adult life at 14 is just not doable.
One-in-six young people in Australia aged 15-19 have experienced homelessness, 25 per cent of whom are based in NSW, the 2020 Mission Australia Staying at Home Report found.
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Between 2006 and 2016 the number of women experiencing homelessness in the state increased by 75 per cent and continues to grow. There are more than 15,000 homeless women in NSW.
The pandemic has exacerbated the issue further with experts likening the situation to a ticking timebomb.
Homelessness is not just sleeping rough. It could mean living in unsuitable or unsafe temporary accommodation, staying with friends, or finding shelter at a refuge. We saw a lot of that through COVID â the sad reality is that women were placed in places that weren t really suitable to their needs, Monique Wiseman from Homelessness NSW told Nine.com.au.