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26 December 2024
Hidden crisis: homelessness among our elderly

NEARLY one in eight people accessing Beyond Housing’s specialist homelessness services in the North East is over 55, and more than half of them are from Wangaratta.

In 2023-2024, 345 people aged 55 and over sought assistance from Beyond Housing out of the total of 2949 people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless across the Goulburn and Ovens Murray regions.

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