Impact Report 2018 Housing Choices Australia
This is the impact of our work and how wonderful to be reminded in this way.
Our work speaks for itself.
Statistics and images can certainly paint a picture, but then so can one person’s story.
In March 2018 we received an unsolicited email from a former resident. A drug user from age 11, from a broken home, in transient accommodation through his teenage years, he entered our housing orbit at age 19 with serious mental health issues and a dark outlook on life. His time with us, he said, re-established his sense of place and worth in the world. He was with us for five years, during which time he quit drugs and gambling, improved his health, re-started his education, began a career and started saving. When he left us, he moved into a property that he had saved to buy himself. He was 23. He is now a financially secure 29-year old man, with a property portfolio, a corporate management career and a desire to give back. He made contact because he wanted others to know there is hope and that with the right support it is possible to build a better life. His final words were; ‘please let me know how I can help’.
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