Homeless people in our cities

sherri

So tell me Nadiz ... where do you get your facts?

That is not what the ABS would say, OR peak bodies such as Shelter ( Shelter is a peak body - an organisation representing housing organisations - INCLUDING the private sector)

And that is not what organisations working with the homeless says either.

The fact is THERE IS NOT ENOUGH HOUSING FOR THE POPULATION! - full stop. - Right across the board! - THIS is the primary cause of homelessness - and of course when you have a situation where there is not enough of something, then there will be some groups and individuals who are at more of a disadvantage than others.

And in more than a decade of working in the housing area, - I met ONE person who did not want to be housed. This lady had a serious mental health issue, - and would have been extremely unlikely to have been housed even if she had wished to be.

I understand Nadiz that poverty might look different in Australia or NZ than in your country of origin - but you really can't compare the absolute poverty seen in places like Ethiopia with homelessness in Australia/NZ - different issues, and different reasons behind it.

And people who try to make that comparison usually do so as a justification for a nasty, bigoted comment that has no basis in fact.