We offer:
Housing
We build and operate safe, secure social and affordable housing for women and other eligible applicants.
Support programs
Our local support programs can help you stabilise your current situation, access and maintain housing, and make progress on your goals for your future. Find a program
Leadership pathways
Pathways to build your skills, knowledge and confidence, find opportunities to make a difference and connect with a like-minded community. Find pathways
Our impact
6,000+
people supported each year
130,000+
nights of safe, stable and affordable accommodation provided each year
64,000+
hours of support provided each year
Where we are
We deliver housing, services and support programs in 17 communities.
Our advocacy and leadership pathways have a national footprint.
- Northern Territory: Darwin and Palmerston
- New South Wales: Bowral, Lismore, Sydney, Nowra, Wollongong
- Queensland: Toowoomba, Townsville
- South Australia: Adelaide
- Victoria: Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Melbourne Mooroopna, Wodonga
- Western Australia: Perth
"It’s been quite a hard and long journey … we’ve couch surfed, shared bedrooms and at one stage we even slept in a tent. It took a lot of tears, but we got there – I cried when I got the call … it was a miracle."
YWCA tenant - QLD, Misty in response to her new home
News and media
Meet a Mentor: Andrea
After applying to be a mentor and going through mentor training, Andrea was matched with Matilda, a young woman in […]
YWCA Australia Calls for a Human Right to Housing
YWCA has both expressed our overarching support for the legislation and advocated for the Bill to be amended to better […]
Gendered Violence and Homelessness Week
The dual crises of gendered violence and housing insecurity and homelessness presents an urgent challenge for policy makers, sector leaders […]
