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Cassandra Morgan

Push for $2.7b to build 5000 youth housing properties

Victoria is being urged to build 5000 new social housing properties in the next four years. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Cathy Beacham was heavily pregnant and had escaped family violence when she was confronted by the prospect of becoming homeless.

The then-17-year-old reached out for support from her midwife, who instead called child protection not knowing what else to do, making Ms Beacham feel degraded and fear her baby would be taken away.

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