{"id":199,"date":"2024-04-17T04:57:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T04:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com.au\/?p=303983"},"modified":"2026-08-03T08:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:04:34","slug":"streetsmart-australia-supporting-safe-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/apac\/news\/streetsmart-australia-supporting-safe-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"StreetSmart Australia – Supporting Safe Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yardi-supported nonprofit\u00a0StreetSmart Australia<\/a>\u00a0was founded in 2003 in Melbourne. This organization believes everyone should have a safe and secure place to call home. StreetSmart brings about change for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness by raising funds and awareness to support smaller, grassroots organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe distribute support and funds back into the regions in which they were raised because, after 20 years of creating place-based impact for those most vulnerable, we believe this is a powerful way of ensuring sustained change,\u201d said Geoff Hills, CEO of StreetSmart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Australia, the homelessness crisis has increased to five percent over the past four years. Currently, 300 people are turned away each day from Specialist Homelessness Services. Unfortunately, 23% of the population is missing meals, and rough sleeping has surged by 103% over the past two years with the increasing demand and declining fundraising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

StreetSmart responds to homelessness in diverse ways, and right now, they are focused on three key outcomes: boosting housing support, increasing access to nutritious food and providing direct material aid to those sleeping rough, such as clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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StreetSmart commitment to action on homelessness takes many forms, and its work focuses on six key impact pillars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n