Second Chance runs a successful ‘Bridge the Gap’ program with the Brisbane Housing Company: Second Chance pays the difference between the required rent and the amount that the women can afford in the attractive BHC complexes. Approximately 180 women who would otherwise be homeless have been accommodated in this way.
“Second Chance Fundraising Group began to raise money in 2001 for single homeless women in Brisbane, a target group whose existence had formerly been socially stigmatised, invisible to policy makers and uncounted in statistics. Some homeless women seeking accommodation in BHC’s boarding rooms and studios cannot afford even BHC’s low rents, falling short by as little as $9 to $20. Second Chance’s ‘bridge the gap’ program makes up the difference and helps ensure that more women are able to leave homelessness behind them.”
Brisbane Housing Company Annual Review 2008-2009
