{"id":1724,"date":"2012-07-14T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T02:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/?page_id=1724"},"modified":"2016-04-29T13:37:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T13:37:25","slug":"mission-for-social-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/flatmate.com\/blog\/mission-for-social-change\/","title":{"rendered":"flatmate helping the homeless &#8211; our mission for Social Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>flatmate.com helping to end homelessness<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Australia, 105,000 people are homeless\u00a0every night. Did you know that 42% of those are <\/span><b>under the age of 25<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? How can we call Australia home knowing that there are these children living on our streets?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The homelessness problem<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The state of homelessness has lasted for centuries and the world has evolved\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">so much since the very beginning. Yet, how do we live in this modern society\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with more than 100,000 in Australia, and even more concerning, 100 million people worldwide living without a home?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s even more alarming is that over 17,000 are <\/span><b>12 years or younger!<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What can you do to help us end homelessness?<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell others about our plan to help homeless people<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Tell others about <a href=\"http:\/\/flatmate.com\">flatmate.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell others about <a href=\"http:\/\/streetsmartaustralia.org\" target=\"_blank\">streetsmartaustralia.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use <a href=\"http:\/\/flatmate.com\">flatmate.com<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0list your room or find a room.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>flatmate.com helping to end homelessness In Australia, 105,000 people are homeless\u00a0every night. Did you know that 42% of those are under the age of 25? 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