Youth Homelessness

Young people in Australia are dis­pro­por­tion­ately and severely affected by the exper­i­ence of home­less­ness. Youth home­less­ness is primar­ily a product of struc­tural dis­ad­vant­age and failed social rela­tions beyond the power of its victims to address, and deprives young people of oppor­tun­it­ies that all Australians should enjoy.

Because youth home­less­ness is an endur­ing and multi-faceted social problem, the gov­ern­ment must play a con­struct­ive role in its elim­in­a­tion. Solving youth home­less­ness is crucial to the goal of elim­in­at­ing home­less­ness in general and address­ing a sig­ni­fic­ant cause of life long social and eco­nomic inequity.

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Posted Friday, December 11th, 2009 05:03 pm Written by Left Right Think-Tank