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Central Coast Homelessness Analysis July 2025
Summary
The Central Coast is grappling with an unprecedented homelessness crisis, described by frontline workers as “heartbreaking, dangerous, and out of control”.1 This report, drawing from Coast Community News articles, analyses the escalating trends, identifies key drivers such as the severe affordable housing shortage and intersecting social vulnerabilities, and examines the overwhelmed yet resilient community responses. It highlights critical systemic failures, particularly bureaucratic barriers and fragmented government coordination, while also acknowledging pockets of success in targeted interventions.
Full 13 page report can be downloaded below
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The Central Coast is grappling with an unprecedented homelessness crisis, described by frontline workers as “heartbreaking, dangerous, and out of control”.1 This report, drawing from Coast Community News articles, analyses the escalating trends, identifies key drivers such as the severe affordable housing shortage and intersecting social vulnerabilities, and examines the overwhelmed yet resilient community responses. It highlights critical systemic failures, particularly bureaucratic barriers and fragmented government coordination, while also acknowledging pockets of success in targeted interventions.
Full 13 page report can be downloaded below
Central-Coast-Homelessness-Analysis_July_2025_1.1Download