Accepting 57,000 homeless mums with 33,000 homeless kids 'tells us who we are as a society'

The Hoon · Jun 8, 2026 · 18m

I spoke with Victoria Crockford from the Coalition to End Women’s Homelessness this evening. She detailed the findings of the Coalition’s latest report, ‘Children and Young People Experiencing Homelessness,’ published today, including:

* there are 33,000 children and young people experiencing homelessness and they face significantly higher rates of harm across multiple areas of their lives;

* Children and young people experiencing homelessness are nearly three times more likely to have experienced abuse;

* Young people experiencing homelessness are more likely to disengage from education and…