About 0.5% of Australians are homeless. This causes many difficulties for the individuals as well as the community at large. At jewish House we provide 24/7 Crisis Support to all who seek our services. Our purpose is to assist people in their time of crisis with immediate intervention, crisis accommodation, Rapid Rehousing and various counselling and referral services. Beyond the short term period of crisis intervention our strategy is to use pragmatic and innovative programmes to prevent further crises and to facilitate the transition and integration of our clients into the community to lead satisfying lives.