Hundreds of homeless teenagers are turned away from refuges every year in NSW, due to a lack of beds.

Welfare groups say despite the Federal Government plan to halve homelessness by 2020, insufficient resources, means “roughing it” is the only option for some older children.

In a trend that is worrying youth advocates, more and more are being told to find another place to stay.

2SER’s Sam Buckingham-Jones reports.