Point-in-Time Count gets underway to provide clearer picture of homelessness in Victoria
Posted: Mar. 8, 2023 5:15PMThe soup was hot and the volunteers were ready as Victoria geared up for its first Point-in-Time“We’re seeing that squeeze on households, so we’re looking at are we seeing an influx of individuals that are newly homeless, have been homeless in the last couple of years, as a result of that housing price and cost of living crunch?” said Diana Gibson, executive director at the Community Social Planning Council.
The last count in 2020 found more than 1,500 people experiencing homelessness in the city, 35 per cent of whom were Indigenous. This year marked Shae Schwede’s first time helping with the count. She’s hoping sharing people’s stories will help reduce stigma, something she knows all too well about having been homeless as a teenager and“What a lot of people don’t realize is how beautiful these people are, everyone is struggling, but everyone’s trying too hard to help each other and help themselves and dig out of the trenches,” said Schwede.
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