Detour House is a non-profit organisation servicing homeless and other at-risk girls and women, based in Sydney, Australia.
Detour House also incorporates The Girls Refuge (formerly Young People's Refuge), a crisis accommodation service for homeless girls.
[1][2][3] Detour House was established in 1984, providing a structured three month rehabilitation program for homeless women affected by drugs or alcohol dependence.
The entire organisation is overseen by a volunteer management committee of professional women from the community.
[4] Following the News South Wales government homelessness reforms in 2012, funding Detour House was threatened, however, the organisation remained funded.