Editor’s Note: This was a guest post by Chris Shaw, with minor editorial adjustments for clarity and formatting.
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Australia’s national peak body and advocate for homelessness released a scathing report this week on the dire state of housing and the number of people becoming homeless each month.
Rough sleeping surges as homelessness crisis worsens: New report
The extraordinary figure of 10,000 people per month becoming homeless was reported. To put that in context, I researched the homeless figures in California. Being an Australian, it was my immediate connection as their problems have been pretty much highlighted here.
The article, “California’s homeless population rose 5.8% in 2023, while U.S. rate surged 12%,“ states that between 2022 and 2023, an estimated increase of 10,000 people became homeless over a 1-year period.
One would think this would make national headlines in Australia when you consider that, as a country of just over 27 million, we are outpacing California in poverty by a 12 to 1 ratio, but it is “cricket” season down here right now.
My grandfather was a Federal Member of the Australian Labor Party who…
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