Most young people experiencing homelessness aren’t sleeping on the streets. Rather they fall into the ‘hidden homelessness’ category:  

People sleeping in cars, couch surfing, or staying in other temporary types of accommodation including boarding houses, crisis accommodation, squats, or severely crowded dwellings.¹

A home means a sense of security, stability, privacy, safety, and the ability to control living space. (Mallet, 2004).

Anyone without regular access to conventional accommodation could be considered homeless.²

Homelessness includes people living in unsafe family circumstances, for example where child abuse or where domestic violence has occurred or is a very real threat.