Youth Couch Surfing
Couch surfing is the dominant way that young people experience homelessness, crashing on a friend’s couch to avoid returning home or being out on the streets, and often moving frequently.
Yet it is largely a hidden problem and the law has failed to provide couch surfers with legal status in areas such as social security, property and discrimination laws.
WEstjustice is exploring the experiences of young couch-surfers in western Melbourne and their couch-providers in order to identify areas of law reform and recommend new models of service delivery to couch surfers and their providers.
Read the full Couch Surfing Limbo Report here.
On 17 May 2018, an Open Letter to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was sent regarding the uniquely harsh conditions facing young New Zealanders experiencing homelessness in Australia. Read the letter here.
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Sunshine Branch
Werribee Branch
Sunshine Youth Branch
Sunshine Branch
Level 7, 12 Clarke Street, Sunshine VIC 3020
Tel: + 61 3 9749 7720
Mail: PO Box 627, Sunshine VIC 3020
Email: admin@westjustice.org.au
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Werribee Branch
Level 1 / 8 Watton Street, Werribee VIC 3030
Tel: + 61 3 9749 7720
Mail: PO Box 2199, Werribee VIC 3030
Email: admin@westjustice.org.au
Office hours:
Monday to Friday, 9.00am-1.00pm and 2:00pm-5:00pm - Phone Hours: Monday to Friday 9:30am-1:00pm and 2:00pm-4:30pm
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Sunshine Youth Branch
Visy Cares Hub, 80B Harvester Road, Sunshine VIC 3020
Tel: + 61 3 9749 7720
Mail: PO Box 627, Sunshine VIC 3020
Email: admin@westjustice.org.au
Office hours:
Monday to Friday, 9.00am-1.00pm and 2:00pm-5:00pm - Phone Hours: Monday to Friday 9:30am-1:00pm and 2:00pm-4:30pm
Advice by appointment only. Please call to book