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At least 30,000 Victorians don’t have a home tonight (including 6,800 children).  ​They’re living in their car, staying somewhere temporary like a friend’s couch, in a shelter or refuge, living in severly over-crowded housing or have nowhere to go at all.   In a country as wealthy as Australia, no-one should be without a home.   The top 3 causes of homelessness are family violence, financial difficulties, and the housing crisis.

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 We can end homelessness by building more homes. For most people, a home that they can afford would end their homelessness.

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The Victorian Homelessness Network, the Network of all the Regional Homelessness Networks, is running the ‘Houses at Parliament’ campaign again this year.  We will be folding 60,000 origami houses across the State, to be displayed at services  and in the community across Victoria through Homelessness Week.

This is a fun activity that you can use in our Homelessness Week events - 4-10 August 2025.  We will keep a regional tally of houses folded on the website to track how close we are getting to folding 60,000 houses.  Visit the VHN website to learn how you can get involved. 

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For Houses at Parliament events in the Southern region of Melbourne - register your event here. Then we can help promote your event

 

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You can:

• sign up to the SHSN email list to receive invites online briefings and support for your event

• fold origami houses and plan a display for homelessness week - click here for origami instructions

• enter the number of houses made and your region to add to the state-wide tally

• send out social media posts and download a Houses at Parliament email signature - see here for digital assets

• shop here for Houses at Parliament merchandise to spread the word - t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, etc are available

• ​hold a display in your workplace, community or even your home window and send us photos and register your event here 

• ​invite your local MP to join you at your event and tell them how they can support ending homelessness

• Share the Houses at Parliament schools kit with any schools you are involved with

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In the Southern Region, we are aiming to make at least 3,700 origami houses to represent 10% of the current need for social housing across the Southern Region.  See the map of housing need in the Southern Region below (click on the map to download it).