A homeless person begs for money in Melbourne’s central business district on April 12, 2023. WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images
The housing crisis in Victoria has worsened significantly over the past year, with negative trends across all key measures in the 2025 Housing Insecurity Index.
Rapidly increasing rents, a fast-growing waitlist for social housing and thousands of people being forced into homelessness because of family violence and housing stress are all contributing factors.
