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THE NUMBERS

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• 49,000

women experience homelessne­ss on any given night in Australia.

• 39,000

women and children come to homelessne­ss services each year because of domestic and family violence.

• 7,690

women a year are returning to perpetrato­rs due to having no-where affordable to live.

• $7.6 billion

is needed over the next four years to help find homes and support for Australia’s unhoused women.

• 400,000

women aged 50+ are at risk of becoming homeless.

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