More than half of the women seeking accommodation from the Salvation Army are facing domestic or family violence according to a new report. The National Homelessness Report, put together by the Salvation Army, brings together data from 155 homelessness services. More than 20,500 people sought assistance from the Salvos in the second half of last year. The report found that a quarter of people seeking assistance have been homeless for more than six months. Salvos spokesman Dr Bruce Redman says 44 per cent cite the lack of affordable housing as the main issue. The overall (reason) why people are homeless (is) still poverty, he said. We need to look at affordable housing. We need to be developing more types of affordable housing and we need to do it really fast. Fifty per cent of the women seeking help were forced from their homes by domestic violence and they bring their children with them. From the article
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 04:40:39 +0000
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