Published Resources Details Report
- Title
- Finding Home in Victoria: Refugee and migrant young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
- Imprint
- Centre for Multicultural Youth, Carlton, Victoria, 2010
- Url
- http://www.cmy.net.au/sites/default/files/publication-documents/Finding%20home%20in%20victoria%202011.pdf
- Description
Young people from refugee backgrounds are six to ten times more likely to be at risk of homelessness than Australian-born young people. Explores the reasons why young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds are at increased risk for homelessness and the systemic barriers they face when trying to access housing.
As of the 27-4-16 lit review indicators were: Living arrangements.
Methodology: A review of current policy developments and literature; Consultations with key stakeholders; Statewide homelessness workers' forum; Consultations with young people from refugees and migrant backgrounds.- Abstract
Finding Home in Victoria highlights the circumstances of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds that make them particularly vulnerable to homelessness. These include risk factors related to their migration and settlement experience; these risk factors are compounded by systemic barriers to their obtaining appropriate housing. It explores changes required at the resource and service provision levels and makes a series of recommendations for a way forward. In developing this policy discussion paper, the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) has engaged with current policy developments and literature on homelessness before consulting with housing and homelessness services, multicultural and youth sector workers, and young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. This paper also draws on CMY's casework in its Reconnect Newly-Arrived and Refugee Specialist services, which provide support to newly-arrived and refugee young people at risk of homelessness.