YAA - emergency accommodation for homeless youth - (02) 9698 5833

Housing & Support

There are many different accommodation options for young people who are experiencing homelessness and each option will be suitable on an individual basis depending on their circumstances and level of independance.

Semi-Supported	Many of these services are listed below and have staff who can assist with things such as case management, counselling and living skills programs
Independant Living Programs	Are usually for young people who have lived in Semi-supported accommodation and are now ready and have the living skills needed to transition into more Indepedant Living situations

Far below is a list of youth support and accommodation services covering New South Wales (NSW). Click on the region or scroll down this page to browse.

Central & East Sydney
Inner West
North Sydney
Western Sydney
South West Sydney
Wollongong
Newcastle

Symbol Key
	Female Vacancy
	Male Vacancy
Blank	No vacancy/support service only

To find out more about the service, click on the service name
Last updated: 27.07.2010

METROPOLITAN Central & East Sydney				Back to top
M F	AGE	SUBURB	INFO	PHONE
	16-24	Bondi	Bondi Youth Accommodation	9389 7453
	16-24	Sutherland Shire	Shire Wide Youth Services - Easy Project	9525 7919
	12-21	Crows Nest	Phoenix House	9437 0077
	16-24	Darlinghurst	Oasis Francis St & Vera Loblay House	9380 6308
NA	16-20	Caringbah	Jacaranda Cottage Female only	9544 2051
	16-24	Brighton L.S	St George Accommodation for Youth	9597 3011
	16+	St George	St George Youth Services - Help at Hand Type: Brokerage assistance	9570 6337
	18-24	Botany	The Come In Youth Resource Centre	9331 2691
	18-25	Kings Cross	The Crossing - Mission Australia Type: Mobile Intensive Case Assessment & Management Service	9357 1144
	16-25	Bondi	Options Youth Housing	9388 9341
	16-21	North Sydney	The Burdekin Association Youth Housing Program	8976 1777
	13-18 18-24	Kingsford Mascot	St Laurence House St Laurence Semi Supported	9349 6438
NA	13-19 13-25	Randwick	Australian Red Cross Young Parents Program (Glen Mervyn) Residential program - Women only pregnant or with child/ren Outreach Program - Young parents	8383 7500
	18+	Woolloomooloo	Hope Street - The Terrace	9358 2388
NA	18+	Rosebury	B Miles Women's Housing Scheme Type: Women only with mental illness	9317 0400

METROPOLITAN Inner West					Back to top
M F		AGE	SUBURB	INFO	PHONE
		16-18	Erskineville	Erskinvilla	9557 2810
NA		14-18	Erskineville	Lillians - Female only	9557 5361
	NA	18-25	Petersham	Rendu Youth Type: Males Recovering from Drugs/Alcohol /Gambling only	9550 9610
		16-18	Inner West	Barnardos Adolescent Services (BAS) Independant Living Program	9787 4440
		18+	Inner West	HIV Supported Accommodation Project Type: People living with HIV/Aids and/or their carers	8382 1810
		14-18 17-21	Dulwich Hill	Stepping Stone House Independant Living Program	9558 3529
NA		17-25	Summer Hill	Young Women's Intermediate Supported Accommodation - Female only	9799 5281
		16+	Petersham	The Gender Centre Residential Service	9569 2366
		12-25	Inner West	Uniting Care Supported Living Young People's Project (SLYPP) Type: Disability	8752 3702
NA		18-25	Newtown	Theba Female only	9516 3716
		14-25	Newtown	Twenty10 Type: GLBTIQ	8594 9555

METROPOLITAN North Sydney				Back to top
M F	AGE	SUBURB	INFO	PHONE
	15-22	Neutral Bay	Taldumande Youth Services	9953 1765 9953 3172
	16-21	Castle hill Ryde	The Hills Youth Support & Accommodation Service (THYSS) Northern Sydney Youth Support Service (NSYSS)	9680 1201 9809 7850
	14-18	Pennant hills	Leith House	9980 7711

METROPOLITAN Western Sydney					Back to top
M F		AGE	SUBURB	INFO	PHONE
NA	NA	16-19 18-20 16-19	Penrith	Nepean Youth Accommodation Service Dulkara medium-term - Men only Wentworth Bedsits - Men only Willowtree - Female only,pregnant or w/child	4720 3713 4720 3714
		16-24	St Marys	Fusion Accomodation Support Services Type: Pregnant females or with child/ren Also accepts young parents	8805 5900
		16-25	Nepean area	Nepean Youth Homelessness Service	4728 6801
		12-24	Campbelltown	Uniting Care Burnside The Drum Youth Resource Centre	4628 3199
		16-24	Macarthur	Vinnies Youth Housing Type: Accepts young parents	4677 2186
NA NA		16-24 16-24 16-24 18+	Northmead Merrylands Mays Hill Parramatta	Parramatta Mission Youth Services Val Cottage - Female only Koompartoo Bedsit Program Kelly's Cottages - Single Females only	9897 5841 9897 5841 9635 0792 9630 9187
NA		15-18 16-24 16-21	Mt Druitt	Marist Youth Care The Siding Marcellin Cottage HAYS Aboriginal The Annexe (Transitional Living Program) Margaret's Place - Female only	9672 9288
NA		16-21 15-18	Penrith Parramatta	Mission Australia Lemongrove Lodge Grandview Lodge - Female only Email them	4721 4132 9687 7012
NA		16-21 14-18	Ingleburn	Macarthur Youth Connections Macarthur Supported Living Program Currawong Youth Services - Female only	9605 1817
		15-18	Richmond	The Turning Point Youth Accommodation Services Inc	4588 6626
		16-21	Merrylands	Western Housing for Youth	9637 9511
		16-25	Western suburbs	Aftercare Resource Centre (ARC) Type: Support service for YP who have been in out of home care	9890 3899
NA		16-25	Quakers Hill	Catherine Villa Type: Females pregnant and/or with child/ren	9837 5369
		16-19	Doonside	Eddy's Out West Type: Medium-long term	9628 3333
		17-25	Emu Heights	Young People's Program - RF NSW Type: Diagnosed mental illness	4735 8585
NA		17+	Doonside	Charmian Clift Cottages Type: Women with mental illness & child/ren	9622 3066

METROPOLITAN South West Sydney					Back to top
M F		AGE	SUBURB	INFO	PHONE
		16-25	Auburn	Barnardos Auburn	9646 2770
		16-25	Bankstown	CatholicCare A.L.I.V.E Program	8709 9333
		16-23	Punchbowl	Canterbury Youth Service	9718 1200
		16-25	Bankstown	CatholicCare Young Persons Supported Accommodation Program Type: Single young people, young mothers	9603 4994
		16-24	Fairfield	Fairfield Youth Accommodation Service	9757 2121
		16-24	Bankstown	Hearth VAWA Type: Indo-Chinese background	9707 1519
NA		16-21	Liverpool	Liverpool Youth Refuge Pregnancy Project Female only	9824 0192
NA		14-18	Cabramatta	Lotus House - Female only Type: Indo/Chinese C.A.L.D	9727 0836
		16-25	Liverpool	Liverpool Youth Accommodation Assistance Company (LYAAC)	9600 6011
		14-18	Casula	Medley Community	9601 2267
	NA	14-17	Leumeah	Stepping Stone Community Men only	4625 4953
		16-19	Bankstown	Wruwallin House	9796 1122
		16-21.5	Miller	South Western Sydney Youth Hub / Miller Campus	9608 5401
NA		18+	South West	South West Women's Housing Inc Type: Various medium term women's housing	9821 3173

REGIONAL Wollongong					Back to top
M F		AGE	SUBURB	INFO	PHONE
		16-25	Wollongong	Lighthouse Community Care My Place Youth House My Place Head Office Manager	4227 1765 4229 9744
	NA	15-17	Wollongong	Southern Youth and Family Services Link-Inn (SFYS) Y.I.P.I.H (SFYS) - Female only	4227 2786 4225 1380
		16-18 14-25	Wollongong	Illawarra Youth Housing Tree House Housing Support Worker	4229 7325 4227 1266
		16-24	Wollongong	Caresouth	4422 7625

REGIONAL Newcastle and Hunter					Back to top
M F		AGE	SUBURB	INFO	PHONE
		15-21	Newcastle	Newcastle Youth Accommodation Services	4950 9502
		12-25	Newcastle & Hunter	Samaritans Youth Services The HUB Youth Info & Referrals
		16-21	Newcastle	CatholicCare Youth Services	4979 1307
NA		14+ 14-18 14-18	Central Coast Narara Gosford	Coast Shelter Type:Outreach, crisis & medium term services, Community Centre Maya (Female only) Type: Medium term Rumbalara Type: Medium term	4324 7239 4323 1636 4325 7555
		15-21	Woy Woy/ Umina	Youth Angle Inc	4341 8830
		16-18	Toronto	Hunter Youth Supported Accommodation Westlakes	4950 5788
		12-17	Redhead	Allambi Youth Services	4944 5900
	NA	13-18	Newcastle	Youth off the Streets Holbrow House - Male only	9721 5725
		16+	Newcastle	The Signpost	4908 6740
		16-25	Gosford	Aftercare Resource Centre (ARC) Type: Support service for YP who have been in out of home care	4322 3659
		18-25	Newcastle	Oasis Hunter Supported Accommodation formerly known as The Ark	4969 8066
		15-25	Port Stephens	Port Stephens Youth Options Project (YOP)	4987 1331

RURAL Southern Highlands				Back to top
M F	AGE	TOWN/CITY	INFO	PHONE
	13-18	Canyonleigh	Youth off the Streets Requirements: Engage in schooling	9721 5725
	16-24	Southern Highlands	Triple Care Farm Type: Mental health & AOD	4885 1265

RURAL Northern NSW				Back to top
M F	AGE	TOWN/CITY	INFO	PHONE
	13-24	Walgett	Youth off the Streets Outreach Referral Officer	6828 3780
	16-24	Ballina	Youth Accommodation & Support Service	6681 5511
NA	17+	Armidale	Armidale Women's Housing Group Female only	6772 8915
NA	13-25	Casino	Northern Region Young Women's Accommodation Project	6662 3781
	16-25	Port Macquarie West Kempsie	Youth Housing Support	6584 4561 6562 2503

RURAL Southern NSW				Back to top
M F	AGE	TOWN/CITY	INFO	PHONE
	15-21	Nowra	Shoalhaven Youth Accommodation Company Limited	4421 8741
	16-24	Nowra	Caresouth	4423 6833

RURAL Western NSW				Back to top
M F	AGE	TOWN/CITY	INFO	PHONE
	16-23	Dubbo	Uniting Care Burnside DOORWAYS Type: Brokerage, accommodation,referral	6884 5254
	13-24	Griffith	Youth off the Streets Outreach Referral Officer	6964 8477
	13-25	Griffith	Southern Riverina Youth Support Services	6964 0721
	16-24	Broken Hill	Broken Hill Youth Accommodation & Support Service
	12-25	Lithgow	Lithgow Community Projects Inc. Type: Women's and children crisis centre, youth worx medium term housing	6351 2230

RURAL South Eastern NSW				Back to top
M F	AGE	TOWN/CITY	INFO	PHONE
	16-22	Bega	Youth Accommodation Support Service	6491 6700

This list is updated on a fortnightly basis. Most services who have a vacancy have a small waiting period before you will be able to move in. If you have time to look for a place to stay you can always call and ask to be put on their referral list which means they can contact you if a vacancy does come up.

Services can send updates & changes to: hysw@yaa.com.au