04/08/2026
This week is Homelessness Week, and Community Information & Support Cranbourne (CISC) continues to support people who are sleeping rough and others sleeping in precarious and unsafe environments.
We are not a housing service. However, in the past 12 months, CISC has supported 217 people sleeping rough on 730 occasions. We supported a further 402 people living in rooming houses that are often overcrowded, expensive, and unsafe. We saw 56 people who were couch-surfing, and many more living in cars or in motel rooms short-term. We can help with information, phone charging, meals, food, and shower passes. But what people need is housing, safety and dignity.
Homelessness in Australia is getting worse every day, and we can't keep waiting for change to happen. That's why the theme for 2026 is