Australia’s lack of action on homelessness is killing people
In May of this year, a young diabetic woman and her partner ducked into the undergrowth at Lake Richmond in the southern suburbs of Perth, in search of a few hours of undisturbed sleep in the tent that was their only home. Like so many of Australia’s renters, she lost her rental home because the owners wanted to sell it. She was turfed out and was unable to find somewhere else she could afford. So she was forced to sleep rough while she searched. By morning she was dead.