for Homeless Youth
30 years. Hundreds of homes. One tree to light up.
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Here is how you can light up a young life
Buy a bauble
Your donation will light up a bauble on our Giving Tree for Homeless Youth
Create Your Own Giving Tree
For your organisation and rally your team or clients.
Find a Giving Tree
Contribute to an existing Giving Tree and light up a young life this season.
Bauble Artwork For Your Physical Tree
Access printable bauble tags & display them with your own tree.
Why Christmas Matters
Tonight, more than 46,000 young Australians will go to sleep without a safe place to call home. At Christmas, demand for crisis accommodation and support services peaks, couches run out, and the streets don't take a holiday.
Your bauble helps a young person wake up somewhere safe this Christmas, with a foundation to build a future on.
Our Story
Thirty years ago, leaders from across the property and construction industry asked: what if we worked together to help end youth homelessness?
This year, that idea reached 300 bedrooms in Haven Houses along the eastern seaboard. Last financial year alone, 588 young people found safety in our Haven Houses.
Now we're aiming for 300 more bedrooms in the next five years.
Your Support Helps Us
Fund initiatives that change the system for homeless youth
The Property Industry Foundation knows that to end youth homelessness will require wholesale change. That is why the Foundation has moved to putting 20% of our capital, time and energy into supporting initiatives that bring about systemic change.
This kind of approach requires the Foundation to look at the system as a whole and support initiatives and programs that seek to redesign the homeless youth system to get a better result for our vulnerable youth.
Rebuild lives, one bedroom at a time
Our major initiative – The Haven Project – is the building and refurbishing of homes for homeless youth since 1996.
Every home is made possible through dedicated fundraising and the collaboration of committed partners.
Industry partners contribute materials, services, and expertise, allowing us to complete projects more affordably and efficiently.
Thanks to in-kind support, every dollar donated stretches further.
Turn houses into homes
Providing vulnerable young people with a place to live that's not just safe, but also homely, can contribute to an invaluable improvement in their sense of self.
As the creator of homes and communities, our industry can and should play a role in addressing youth homelessness. We work collaboratively with other charities to break the cycle of youth homelessness and changing lives for the better.
