We are a group of ten-to-twelve-year-olds at Byron Bay Public School, who are seriously worried about the housing crisis.
We believe that everybody should have the right to a safe place to live.
We are doing the ‘Game Changer Challenge’, which is a state school challenge where you solve real-world problems, and we are focusing on homelessness.
More awareness about homelessness
Amazingly, we made it to the semi-finals, so we thought writing a piece for The Echo would be a great way to raise more awareness about homelessness.
Additionally, we thought it would be a good way to collect data for a survey we are running. The survey will help us to learn about the problem, understand how well it is being managed and how we can work towards improving it.
As you may already know, Byron Bay has the highest number of homeless people per capita in NSW; this is not a statistic to be proud of.
More widely, the national campaign to try and fix the housing crisis called Everybody’s Home, reports that 122,000 people are homeless on any given night in Australia. Homelessness is a country-wide problem.
Everybody’s Home
Everybody’s Home says the best way to help is to provide more affordable housing for people who need it most.
Sadly, Australia is 640,000 housing lots short of fixing the housing crisis.
Now we want to ask for your views on this problem. All you need to do is scan the QR code and fill out a short, three-minute survey. You could also ask a friend to do it, easy–peasy.
So, jump on, take three minutes out of your life, dedicate it to the homeless, and we will all work together to help people in need.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
