That can come down to others being unwilling to share with a woman because of her future family situation.

Junction Support Services’ Kathrine Hodgens said pregnancy made it hard “because they yet don’t have a child”.

“We’re looking at potentially just a single young person who can be really hard to house. And no one likes the idea of sharing with someone with a newborn coming on board.

“This means that we’re looking at the Office of Housing, the public housing options, for which the resources are fairly lacking for two-bedroom stock”.

That created enormous challenges for agencies such as Junction – and agencies across the river have spoken of the same difficulties – “when you are looking at the quantity of people who are trying to find housing”.

In crisis situations, Junction at least has its young mums’ house for two women, each with only one child. The house is used as a stepping stone to stabilise their situation before getting into private rental or other long-term housing.

Often that is dependent on what the mum can either afford or obtain, but the priority is advocating for young people at-risk.

But many young people remain homeless because they just haven’t come forward.

The rise in homelessness among young people aged 15-25 in Wodonga means up to six new cases arise every week, for a range of different reasons.

And the demand is so strong that Junction has to maintain a waiting list for case management.

This can be up to 30 people at any one time.

Junction has also found a reluctance among young homeless people to using the service’s youth refuge, instead deciding to sleep on couches at friends’ houses.

“If you’re sleeping on a couch you can’t sleep properly or study properly and that means you start doing poorly at school,” Ms Hodgens said.

“That makes it more likely they will drop out and that means it’s less likely they will be able to get a job and a negative cycle begins.”

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