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"James had been living in his apartment in inner Sydney for more than two years
when the agent called and told him he had to move within seven days.
“I was working during the day. I was looking for places and did everything, but
it’s hard out there,” the 44-year-old says.
“There were so many people at every inspection I went to.”
On day seven of his frantic search he went home and the locks had been changed.
He called the agents and they would not answer. He spent the next two weeks
sleeping in the park.
James, who did not want to use his real name, works as a forklift driver in
Botany. He is on a casual contract and on a good week makes about $900.
But in this housing crisis a job is often not a strong enough shield for
homelessness and James is among a growing cohort of people who are employed but
don’t have a stable home.
Homelessness NSW says services are seeing a sharp increase in people living in
cars, or with friends, but trying to hold down a job.
Data shows there are about 35,000 people who are homeless in New South Wales
and about 10,000 of them have some form of employment."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
