A housing strategy for Brisbane recognises for the first time more than half of all homes are for single people and couples without kids, but offers little for the homeless likely to be moved on from South Brisbane.
At South Brisbane, they wake every morning to joggers and cyclists, casually waving to council workers and police doing welfare checks using the bridge overhead to protect them from the rain.
“I’ve given up crime. I don’t do crime anymore. We are homeless, not dangerous. We just struggle to find somewhere to live,” they collectively say.They say many existing hostels and boarding houses are not safe for them – naming and identifying problems – and say newer, safer places are needed. This group also makes up more than half of all households despite less than one-third of housing choices being one- and two-bedrooms.
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