Over the years I have written multiple letter to politicians of both parties when they have been in power and I always receive the same answer…
“We have spent many millions of dollars on housing and homelessness. We have many services available for the homeless to access.”
My beef is that over the decades both parties have allowed the public housing stock to dwindle and have not been replacing them with enough new housing.
This financial year, 600,000 immigrants will arrive in Australia.
What a ridiculous figure given the lack of housing.
could all be a new backdrop for blade runner III heh? remember the homeless living in deserted tower buildings - strange how the lifts still operated though and I think they used candles! - fork handles or four candles ??
Unfortunately, here in the UK, far too much ‘nimbyism’ stands in the way of many building projects when locals object to town expansions. That coupled together with those who do not want to see ‘social housing’ expanded, houses are not being built in the numbers required or hoped for.
"Why do some people choose to live on the streets?
To some, freedom to move wherever they want, sleep wherever they want, and do whatever they want holds much more value than a roof over their heads. This one may be less grounded in reality than freedom, but some homeless argue that they feel safe out in the open, amongst the people of the city."
I don’t suppose it is. But some seem to feel that way. My sister have a couple near to her flat who live in the street. She chats to them but I have a bit of a concern with that - they broke some windows at the local Saisburys in the early morning.
Yes they are not all technically homeless .
They are rough sleepers because of these problems .
But some are .
Some men find themselves homeless because of a marriage break up and can’t afford to pay maintenance and live .
If they are lucky they can go back to their parents because the price of rental accommodation is exorbitant…
If not they live in their cars if they have one and wash in leisure centres because they are last on the list of council priorities .
They must be small social accommodation available for single people who are the working poor .
Say bed sits at a reasonable rental .
I don’t know the answer. Some it is a matter of choice, for some it can be a serious problem. I had an uncle who lived with us some of the time and other times he had a tent. I think it was his choice but he never had any settled residence. Different folks for different folks ?
there is no homeless problem - we only think there is cos we live in houses - most of the homeless are ‘content’ being homeless and this has been shown in a city experiment in Oz!
Absolutely beg to differ.
The families/single parents/singles being evicted purely because the landlord wants to make a whole lot more money. Are these people content?
More and more families/single women of advanced age are being evicted because of the pure greed of landlords.
Domestic violence victims fleeing the abuse and ending up homeless surely are not content.
The number of unwillingly homeless people far outweigh those who are “content with being homeless”
Why would anyone choose to sleep on the street in sub-zero temperatures?
Australian’s are being evicted to accommodate the 500,000 plus immigrants that the government has brought here in the previous 12 months.
This sort of policy is criminal and those instigating it should be labelled treasonous.
There is a guy in his 30s lives in a field just up the road , a large housing estate and shops yards from him . He has a table and chairs outside and the tent would sleep 4 easily . He has visitors. His mum lives near by me , he goes there most days i guess to eat and wash . He returns to his tent every night . He is an alcoholic and drug user . A bit frightening to me , i avoid him but people do stop and talk . So he is happily homeless .
The situation with families being evicted is dreadful. Personally i can never see an end to it .
people who live in town doorways and stairwells and in fields in tents or barns are not homeless - they just no longer wanna live in brick houses and all the complexities they hold - some people on here seem to think that we should all look the same ; think the same and live the same?? these people are called homophobics!
