Accommodation & Emergency Housing
Youth Mentor & Access Officer
Need help finding your way through the system? Employment, accommodation, problems at home, drugs, alcohol? Confused about where to go? Do you live work or study in Wyndham & are between 12-25yrs? Then this program might be 4 you.
Open Family
YRC office Telephone: 8734 5416
There are 4 Outreach Workers located at the YRC offering outreach, assistance, youth alcohol & other drugs counselling, support & information referral for young people.
Werribee Support & Housing
Providing support and accommodation for homeless people between the ages of 12-65, who are linked to the municipality of Wyndham by family, employment or friendship networks.
Homeless Information Portal
The Homeless Information Portal is a searchable directory of alcohol and other drugs support services in Australia, and an online resource guide to help service providers respond to homeless people affected by alcohol and other drug (AOD) use.
Consumer Affairs Victoria
Concerned about a rooming house?
Rooming houses should be: registered, safe & clean
Help Consumers Affairs identify unregistered and sub-standard rooming houses. You don’t need to tell them your name. Please call them on 1300 365 814 or complete their online form.
Mediation Support
UnitingCare Werribee Support and Housing
Mediation Service
Mediation is a process used to help people talk about issues that are causing stress and arguments within the family home. These issues may be things like privacy and trust, curfews, household chores, school work or friends. Mediation is when a family meet with a mediator to talk openly about issues without yelling or arguing with each other.
Office of Housing - Crisis Housing
Are you homeless?
This page provides information on homelessness and initiatives to address homelessness in Victoria.
For after hours service contact St Kilda Crisis Contact Centre
Information and referral service for homeless people.
10:00 am to 12 midnight, seven days a week.
29 Grey Street, St Kilda
Telephone: (03) 9536 7777 or toll free for country Victoria
1 800 627 727
Melbourne Youth Support Service at Frontyard
Phone 9611 2411
This service can tell you about housing and places where you can stay. For info on housing services, see the 'help now' link, or search under 'accom'.
Anglicare Victoria
Anglicare Victoria supports children, young people and families through practical care that makes a lasting difference.
Kids Under Cover
A Victorian based children's charity established to build homes for homeless and at-risk young people. Since inception in 1989, Kids Under Cover have built in excess of 200 houses and bungalows.
The Share Housing Survival Guide
Great help and information about moving out of home and into shared accommodation. This information applies to people who live in, or are affected by, the law as it applies in NSW, Australia, but a lot of the other information is very useful.
Youth Central
Housing & Accommodation
Crisis Help Network Melbourne Homeless Services
Crisis Help Network Melbourne is dedicated to providing up-to-date information for people in crisis or who are homeless. Listings include
accommodation, material aid, rehabilitation, Counseling and detoxification information. This is a directory website, where you will find lists of agencies designed to help in many circumstances.
Crisis Help Network is compiled and written by people who have been in crisis and can provide insights not freely available otherwise.
Council to Homeless Persons
Accommodation rights. The Council to Homeless Persons (CHP) was established in 1972 and represents both individuals and organisations with a stake or interest in homelessness. The vision and mission of CHP is to work for the elimination of homelessness and a inclusive society by being the leading policy and advocacy organisation on homeless issues in Victoria.
Hanover Welfare Services
Hanover is a leading agency that provides a wide range of services to people experiencing homelessness or housing crisis.
Hanover believes that homelessness is not merely lack of shelter, but is also the loss of the normal supports of home: personal security, familiarity and an environment in which self-confidence and personal skills can develop.
Hanover helps people overcome their housing crisis so that they can live independently in the community. Hanover’s services are based in inner and suburban Melbourne.
Jesuit Social Services
Has developed a range of diverse community social service programs that provide assistance to vulnerable children and families and to young people who are at risk of homelessness and suicide. Parenting Australia and Sole mates (for single parents) are two of the service programs offered.
Lighthouse Foundation
Lighthouse Foundation provides long term accommodation and intensive support for young people who may otherwise be homeless. The young people live within a family environment for as long as it takes, supporting all dimensions of their lives with a lifetime membership to the extended Lighthouse Family.
Accommodation & Renting Issues
(Centrelink)
This index page provides links to accommodation deduction schemes and related services.
Links to Useful Information for Individuals and Communities on Housing
Community.gov.au is a portal to information relevant to individuals and community organisations across Australia. On this part of the Community Portal you will find links to housing related information including the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) and emergency accommodation.
Women's Domestic Violence Crisis Service
If you are experiencing family violence you can contact the Women's Domestic Violence Crisis Service. The Women's Domestic Violence Crisis Service provides crisis telephone counselling, information and support, 24 hours a day. They are the central point for access to women's refuge accommodation in Victoria, and can arrange referral to support and accommodation services across the State for women and their children who are experiencing family and domestic violence.
24 Hours: (03) 9373 0123
Toll Free: 1800 015 188
Links to other web sites or information sources are provided as a courtesy, however we cannot vouch for or take responsibility for the information contained in any links.
Contact Youth Services on 9742 8155 or
email: mail@wyndham.vic.gov.au
Operating Hours: Monday to Friday - 9am - 6pm
(excluding public holidays)
