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Posted: 2024-07-31 20:45:58

In short:

A new report has revealed 10 per cent of Tasmanian youth surveyed aged 15–19 have experienced homelessness in the past 12 months.

In 2023, 1,712 instances of children and young people aged 8 to 17 presented unaccompanied to homelessness services in Tasmania.

What's next?

Mission Australia is imploring state and federal governments to focus on youth homelessness prevention by investing in social and affordable housing, boosting rental subsidies, implementing prevention measures and expanding specialist housing options.

Lydia has been experiencing housing insecurity since she was kicked out of home in August last year.

After moving through several homeless shelters in her home state of Western Australia, she came to Tasmania for a fresh start. She is only 17.

"I was couch surfing for about three months, and then went to my first homeless shelter back in WA," she said.

"[I] got kicked out of that one, went to a different one, and then they kicked me out, couch surfed for a good month-and-a-half, then came to Tassie."

She is one of seven girls living at Mara House in Hobart, a homeless shelter for young women aged 13 to 20 run by youth advocacy group Colony 47.

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