CHP’s 2026 Employed and at Risk report reveals the rising number of Victorians who are seeking homelessness support while employed, which our analysis shows has risen 42% in four years.

This increase is particularly being driven by Melbourne’s Growth Corridor suburbs, which have seen a 58% rise in employed people receiving homelessness support. Even full-time employment is no longer enough to keep Victorians safe from the risk of homelessness, with approximately one-third of employed people receiving homelessness support in 2024-25 in full-time work.

These findings emphasise that homelessness can happen to any Victorian, and that there is an urgent need for Victoria to prioritise responses that will ensure no one has to live without somewhere safe and dignified to call home.

Read the full report to learn more.

Across 12 months and 12 cities, the Walk In Her Shoes exhibition and forum series engaged thousands of Victorians in meaningful conversations about homelessness and how we can end it in this state.

At every stop on the tour, community members shared with us their priorities for homelessness action. We’ve gathered all that they told us in the Walk In Her Shoes Statewide Community Insights Report, which we presented at a very special event at Parliament House in September.

Read the report to learn about the five key actions Victorians want taken to end homelessness.

When someone seeks help from a homelessness service but their request cannot be met, that experience matters. Yet, in 2024–25 in Victoria, almost 16,000 Unassisted Person records were missing information.

CHP has worked with the sector to develop useful resources to help you and your team remember how to accurately complete an Unassisted Persons record.

More consistent recording strengthens both local understanding of unmet demand and the broader picture of pressure across Victoria’s homelessness service system.