Recent reports have revealed a youth homelessness crisis in Australia amid broader social hardship fuelled by the soaring cost of living, job insecurity and the worst housing affordability on record.

Neither Karyn nor Micah Projects will receive any financial benefit from this article Measures to tackle homelessness in Australia have been conspicuously absent from the election campaign.

It estimated that around 120,000 people each night are experiencing homelessness in Australia. Among them 42% are people under 25 years of age; 15% is under 12 years of age; and 15% are people ...