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The battle to put roofs over heads The City of Casey referred a homeless person to a support service after they were sleeping at the War Memorial on the South Gippsland Highway in Cranbourne. The occupant had hung sheets from the roof of the memorial site to cover the gaps between the roof and the walls and had created a bed to sleep on in the corner, with the pillow underneath the World War One Roll of Honour plaque at the South Gippsland Highway facility. STORY PAGE 5 The City of Casey referred a homeless person to a support service after they were sleeping at the War Memorial on the South Gippsland Highway in Cranbourne. 276736 Picture: MARCUS UHE
Crisis hits home By Marcus Uhe Cost-of-living pressures are creating a housing crisis that has “never been quite so bad”, says Community Information and Support Cranbourne (CISC) executive officer Leanne Petrides. Ms Petrides believes that Casey residents are victims of ongoing “geographical disadvantage”, lacking the convenience of the close proximity to services such as libraries and public transport afforded to inner city suburbs. Statistics of the clientele at CISC since the
beginning of 2020-21 financial year show that the majority of people (46 per cent) requesting assistance through the support centre are living in private rental properties. “One of the things that we’re noticing is that people have this vision of housing stress and homelessness impacting on that vision that people have of the old person drinking in a park,” Ms Petrides said. “It’s actually hitting the more traditional class, people who work or who are support workers, police, teachers, nurses, their income
is even being stretched to the maximum in terms of trying to afford rental accommodation. “What we see there is that if you’re on a limited income and you’re in a private rental, that’s probably be one of the most stressful situations because many, many people are paying more than 50-60 per cent of their income in rent, which of course then limits the amount of money they have to spend on everything else that they need.” Many of clients that present to CISC are juggling multiple complex financial issues, as liv-
ing in poverty creates a “snowball effect”. “One of the things that we’re finding is that more and more people are coming to us with assistance requests for petrol, food, medication, education costs, and housing costs. “They’re all intertwined. “[The clients] might want to go look for a job but they can’t do so because they can’t afford their rent, and if they’re being kicked out, or they don’t have petrol in their car they can’t actually go to the job interview.” CONTINUED PAGE 5
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