Home builder swaps beds for sleeping bags in fundraising win to help end homelessness

Key points

• Metricon staff in Melbourne swapped their beds for sleeping bags for an office overnighter at their Notting Hill headquarters on October 8. The event was part of A Night Without Home, an annual fundraiser run by A Home for All Foundation.
• Metricon chief executive Brad Duggan said the team aimed to raise $25,000 and more than doubled that target. The foundation's campaign raised more than $1 million last year.
• Around 122,000 Australians experienced homelessness on a given night, according to 2021 Census figures.