“When a person does not have suitable accommodation alternatives they are considered homeless if their current living arrangement:
(Australian Bureau of Statistics 2012)
There are also two main types of homelessness that those in the community may experience and they are as follows:
Primary Homelessness: This is someone that lives on the streets without any source of shelter or living space (Homelessness Australia, 2020).
Secondary Homelessness: Is someone that does not have primary place of residence and moves between temporary accommodation such as friends houses, shelters and dwellings. This is essentially someone that does not have a primary address (Homelessness Australia, 2020).