Homelessness. It has always been with us but rarely around us. The cliched image of an unkempt old man sleeping under a bridge clouds the reality. Not any more.
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"More than 1,000 people have come through the doors of the homeless support and crisis accommodation agency in the last 12 months."
Albury-Wodonga is risking the future of its younger generations if it fails to come together to tackle homelessness. A dramatic upsurge in the number of young women becoming homeless after fleeing domestic violence has driven a call for urgent action from the whole Border community.
Now, welfare leaders agree, is the time to act.
A detailed investigation by The Border Mail has uncovered the issues and personal stories that starkly illustrate this homelessness crisis. In this special two-part series, we hear from two women on the brink: Rose and Sue and the trauma of suddenly being without a home.
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