Sunshine Coast photography exhibition challenges image of homelessness in Queensland

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Jen is one of more than 13,000 people who experience homelessness in rural and regional Queensland on any given night.

“I was homeless for about two weeks, I was in my car with my family,” she said.

“(It was) really, really, really tough. I can’t describe how tough it was … but now we’ve got somewhere to stay.”

The young mum is one of 20 people featured in a photography exhibition on the Sunshine Coast that aims to confront societal stigma and judgment around homelessness.