Services: Youth Housing Specialists
Sunshine Youth Housing provides information and advice to young people aged 15-25 years who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Sunshine Youth Housing also provides assistance to young people in securing long term housing i.e. private rental, public housing and social housing, including rooming houses.
Sunshine Youth Housing can support young people with living independently i.e. accessing income support and assistance with budgeting, employment, education and training. Sunshine Youth Housing will advocate on behalf of the young person to other agencies such as Office of Housing, legal services, Centrelink, schools, local youth services, council etc.
Along with advocating, Sunshine Youth Housing will send referrals to health practitioners, drug and alcohol services and mental health services on behalf of the young people attending their service, as well as teaching those young people personal development skills. Outreach is also available. This service is a free service to all young people accessing the service.
Sunshine Youth Housing operates within the framework of Opening Doors as part of the SASHS Access Point and is a partner agency of the Youth Allocations Committee (YAC). All referrals to Sunshine Youth Housing must come from the SASHS Access Point.
Please contact SASHS Access Point on 9312 5424 or 1800 2825 955 (free from landline or public telephone) Monday – Friday during business hours.
