This Background Paper has been prepared by Yfoundations in consultation with a Working Group of its member organisations to inform the development of the Yfoundations Position Paper on Youth Housing Models.

The purposes of this Background Paper, and the Position Paper it informs, are to:

• Identify the need, and requirements, for investment in youth specific housing models as part of the NSW and Federal Governments’ budget allocations for additional social housing;
• Identify the continuum of housing options best suited to addressing the needs of young people at risk of and experiencing homelessness in NSW to contribute to the objective of making child and youth homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring; and
• Advocate for investment in these models as part of the development and implementation in the forthcoming NSW Child and Youth Homelessness Action Plan.