The Council to Homeless Persons’ Victoria (CHP) Homelessness Heatmap reveals 4040 people in Melton sought help from specialist homelessness services in 2024-25, making it the fifth-highest local government area in Victoria for demand. Across Victoria, 105,125 people sought help from homelessness services in 2024-25, a 2.9 per cent rise overall. “Services that were already stretched are now at breaking point.”The data highlights a growing mismatch between population growth and social housing supply. In 2024-25, 464 people in Moorabool sought homelessness support, a 26 per cent increase from the previous year, making it the fourth-highest rate of growth among Victoria’s 79 LGAs. Ms Di Natale said the figures reinforced calls for urgent investment in both homelessness services and social housing construction across growth areas.