If you are in urgent need of somewhere to stay, you should call our 24-hour statewide toll free number to get help.
To speak with a housing and support worker, if you are homeless, at risk of homelessness or escaping family violence, call 1800 825 955 - 24 hour, statewide, toll free number.
This number will direct your call to a service closest to you, or if the call is outside business hours, it will be directed to Salvation Army Crisis Services.
You can also contact one of the services below or you may wish to apply for housing.
Where the term 'Aboriginal' is used it refers to both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Statewide after-hours services
| Name | Address | Phone | Hours of operation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homelessness Statewide After-Hours Service | Phone access only | (03) 9536 7777 or toll free from landline 1800 825 955 or 1800 627 727 | Operates from 5pm to 9am Monday to Friday and all day and night on weekends and public holidays |
| Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre - women and children experiencing family violence only | Phone access only | (03) 9322 3555 or toll free 1800 015 188 (not free from mobile) | 24 hours |
Statewide specialist services
| Name | Address | Phone | Hours of operation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Housing Ltd – women and children | Suite 1, Level 1, 21 Cremorne Street, Cremorne | (03) 9412 6868 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Melbourne Youth Support Services – Frontyard Youth Services | 19 King Street, Melbourne | (03) 9977 0077 | Mon-Fri 9am-8pm, weekends and public holidays 10am-6pm |
Local homelessness support
| Town/ suburb | Name | Address | Phone | Hours of operation |
| Bacchus Marsh | CAFS Moorabool | 52 Grant Street, Bacchus Marsh | (03) 5367 9900 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Bairnsdale | Community Housing Ltd | 4 Riviera Plaza, Bairnsdale | (03) 5152 8933 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Bairnsdale | Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-op, Bairnsdale - Nungurra Youth Accommodation Service – young people | 87 Dalmahoy Street, Bairnsdale | (03) 5152 2188 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Ballarat | Uniting Vic-Tas | 105 Dana Street, Ballarat | (03) 5332 1286 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Bendigo | Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operative – Aboriginal people | 41-43 Myers Street, Bendigo | (03) 5442 4947 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Bendigo | Centre for Non-Violence, Family Violence – women and children experiencing family violence only | 96-98 Pall Mall, Bendigo | (03) 5430 3000 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Bendigo | Haven Home Safe | 10-16 Forest Street, Bendigo | (03) 5444 9000 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Bendigo | Anglicare Victoria – young people between 16 to 19 years of age. Mental health. | 10 Mundy Street, Bendigo | (03) 5440 1100 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Blackburn | Community Housing (Vic) Ltd | 1 Chapel St, Blackburn | (03) 9856 0098 or 1300 245 468 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Broadford | NEXUS Primary Care | 72 Ferguson Street, Broadford | (03) 5784 555 or 1300 773 352 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Castlemaine | Dhelkaya Health | 142 Cornish Street, Castlemaine (Spencely House) | (03) 5479 1000 | Mon-Thurs 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-4:30pm |
| Cheltenham | Launch Housing | Phone-based service | (03) 9556 5777 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Colac | Colac Salvos – SalvoConnect Housing. Adults over 25 years old | 51-57 Dennis Street, Colac | Present in person | Mon 9am-3pm |
| Colac | Meli – young people 15-25 years old | 54C Bromfield Street, Colac | 1800 825 955 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Collingwood | Launch Housing | Temporarily phone-only or by appointment | 1800 825 955 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Dandenong | WAYSS Ltd | 20 Princess Highway, Dandenong | (03) 9791 6111 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Daylesford | CAFS Daylesford | 8 Park Lane, Daylesford | (03) 5337 3333 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Echuca | Njernda Aboriginal Corporation – Aboriginal people | 103-109 Hare Street, Echuca (Old Primary School 208) | (03) 5480 6252 –Choose option 3 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Echuca | Anglicare Victoria | 486 High Street, Echuca | (03) 5482 0900 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Footscray | Unison | 229 Barkly Street, Footscray | (03) 9688 8300 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Frankston | SalvoCare Eastern | 37 Ross Smith Avenue East, Frankston | (03) 9784 5000 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Geelong | Meli - Young people 15-25 years old | 222 Malop Street, Geelong | (03) 5226 8932 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Geelong | The Salvation Army - Adults over 25 years old | 35 Myers Street Geelong | (03) 5223 5400 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Geelong | Wathaurong Aboriginal Homelessness – Aboriginal people | Level 1/8 Station Street, North Geelong | (03) 5277 0044 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Glenroy | VincentCare Victoria, Northern Community Hub | 175 Glenroy Road, Glenroy | (03) 9304 0100 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Hamilton | The Salvation Army | 246 Gray Street, Hamilton | (03) 5572 5822 | Mon-Thu 9am-4:30pm |
| Horsham | Uniting Wimmera | 185 Baillie Street, Horsham | (03) 5362 4000 | Mon-Fri 8am-4pm |
| Kerang | Northern District Community Health | 24 Fitzroy Street, Kerang | (03) 5451 0200 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Kew | SalvoCare East | 317 High Street, Kew | (03) 9853 5680 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Kyabram | Haven Home Safe | 21 Lake Road, Kyabram | (03) 5852 0001 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Kyneton | Sunbury Cobaw Community Health | 1 Caroline Chisholm Drive, Kyneton | (03) 5421 1666 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Lakes Entrance | Gippsland Lakes Complete Health Service | 18-28 Jemmeson Street, Lakes Entrance | (03) 5155 8300 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Leongatha | SalvoCare Eastern Gippsland | 2 Long Street, Leongatha | (03) 5662 6400 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Lilydale | Anchor Inc | Building LA – level 2/1 Jarlo Drive, Lilydale (situated at the Box Hill Institute, Lakeside campus) | (03) 9760 6400 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Mallacoota | Mallacoota District Health Support Service | Corner Genoa Road and Mattsson Streets, Mallacoota | (03) 5158 0243 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Maryborough | Maryborough District Health Service | 75 -87 Clarendon Street, Maryborough | (03) 5461 0300 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Melbourne | Melbourne Youth Support Services - Frontyard Youth Services | 19 King Street, Melbourne | (03) 9977 0077, toll free 1800 800 531, out of hours 1800 825 955 | Mon-Fri 9am-8pm, weekends and public holidays 10am-6pm |
| Mildura | Haven Home Safe | 143 Lime Avenue, Mildura | (03) 5018 4200 or 1300 428 364 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Mildura | Mallee Accommodation and Support Program – young people | 118-124 Pine Avenue, Mildura | (03) 5021 6500 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Mildura | Mallee Sexual Assault Unit and Domestic Violence Services – women and children experiencing family violence | 144-146 Lime Avenue, Mildura | (03) 5021 2130 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Mildura | Mallee District Aboriginal Services – Aboriginal people | 120 Madden Avenue, Mildura | (03) 5018 4100 | Mon-Thu 9am-5pm; Fri 9am-4pm |
| Morwell | Community Housing Ltd Morwell | 12-14 Church Street, Morwell | (03) 5120 4800 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Morwell | VACCA - Kurnai Youth Homelessness Service – Indigenous young people | 21 Hazelwood Road, Morwell | (03) 5135 6055 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Nunawading | The Salvation Army | 1/353 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading | (03) 9890 7144 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Orbost | Orbost Regional Health | 107 Boundary Road, Orbost | (03) 5154 6666 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Portland | The Salvation Army | 33 Henty Street, Portland | (03) 5523 3749 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Preston | Haven Home Safe | 52-56 Mary Street, Preston | (03) 9479 0700 or 1300 428 364 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Ringwood | Uniting Vic-Tas | 291A Maroondah Highway, Ringwood | (03) 8870 4000 or (03) 8870 4000 | Mon-Fri 8am-4pm |
| Robinvale | Robinvale Resource Centre - Haven; Home. Safe | 72 Herbert Street, Robinvale | (03) 5051 8000 or 1300 428 364 | Mon-Thurs 10am-4pm |
| Rosebud | SalvoCare Eastern | 17-19 Ninth Avenue, Rosebud | (03) 5986 0000 | Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 9am-5pm |
| Sale | Uniting Vic.Tas. | 126 Raymond Street, Sale | (03) 5144 7777 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Seymour | BeyondHousing | 54 Tallarook Street, Seymour | (03) 5735 2000 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Shepparton | Marian Community – women and children experiencing family violence | 144 Welsford Street, Shepparton | (03) 5821 9458 or 1800 015 188 (after hours) | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Shepparton | BeyondHousing | 49 Stewart Street, Shepparton | (03) 5833 1000 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| St Kilda | Launch Housing St Kilda | 122 Chapel Street, St Kilda | (03) 5898 1111 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| St Kilda | Salvation Army Crisis Centre | 29 Grey Street, St Kilda | 1800 627 727 or (03) 9536 7777 | 9am to 11pm, 7 days a week (phone contact 11pm to 9am) |
| Stawell | Uniting Wimmera | Phone-based service | (03) 5362 4000 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Sunshine | Salvation Army Social Housing and Support Service Network | 34 Devonshire Road, Sunshine | (03) 9313 4700 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Swan Hill | Mallee Sexual Assault Unit and Domestic Violence Service – women and children experiencing family violence | 14-18 McCallum Street, Swan Hill | (03) 5033 1899 | Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm |
| Swan Hill | Mallee District Aboriginal Services – Aboriginal people | 70 Nyah Road, Swan Hill | (03) 5032 8600 | Mon-Thur 9am-5pm; Fri 9am-4pm |
| Swan Hill | Mallee Family Care | 229 Beveridge Street, Swan Hill | (03) 5032 4479 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Wangaratta | Centre Against Violence Women and children experiencing violence | Wangaratta | (03) 5722 2203 or 1800 806 292 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm (services Benalla) |
| Wangaratta | BeyondHousing | 40-42 Rowan Street, Wangaratta | (03) 5722 8000 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Warragul | Salvation Army Gippsland and Quantum Support Services | 36 Williams Street, Warragul | (03) 5622 7008 or 1800 243 455 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Warrnambool | Brophy Family and Youth Services – young people | 210 Timor Street, Warrnambool | (03) 5561 8888 or 1300 276 749 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Warrnambool | The Salvation Army | 58-60 Mortlake Road, Warrnambool | (03) 5561 8444 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Werribee | Unison Housing | Level 1, 1-13 Watton Street, Werribee | (03) 9216 0300 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Windsor | Ngwala Willumbong | 93 Wellington Street, Windsor | (03) 9510 3233 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Wodonga | Centre Against Violence Women and children experiencing family violence | Wodonga | (03) 5722 2203 or 1800 806 292 | Mon 9am-5pm |
| Wodonga | Junction Support Service – young people | 155 Melbourne Road, Wodonga | (02) 6043 7400 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |
| Wodonga | BeyondHousing | 82 High Street, Wodonga | (02) 6055 9000 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm |