A recent study by the Australian Housing and Urban Research institute released a report last Thursday finding Brisbane’s homeless populations are being pushed further out into the suburbs.
The report also found that Brisbane youth and older women are being forced into homelessness due to high rents and lack of entry-level jobs .
Anglicare Southern Queensland executive director Karen Crouch stated that while we once associated homelessness with substance abuse now the common catalysts for homelessness are a lack of affordable rent and unemployment.