Armidale homeless numbers lift as winter weather closes in

By Steve Green
Updated June 11 2019 - 4:04pm, first published June 7 2019 - 4:45pm
CONCERNED: Homes North Community Housing CEO Maree McKenzie thought people would never see the full extent of homelessness in Australia.
CONCERNED: Homes North Community Housing CEO Maree McKenzie thought people would never see the full extent of homelessness in Australia.

When we hear of homeless people we think "they" are usually in the capital cities, probably because Census night 2006 recorded two-thirds of Australia's population lived in capital cities. However, the same census revealed cities held only 26 per cent of those sleeping rough on the night, making homelessness a big problem for "us".

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