Talk about Homeless

@PeppyPatti I don't know.

To be honest I'm not game to go near the 'hospital' system. I think after a short consultant and listening to the very different way I assemble sentences, they'd be more interested in putting me in the Ward. We have tried clinically supported accomodation but this is all not for me. I'm a healthy indipendent male. So its a catch 22 situation. Because my files are full of abstract findings and mental state critique I am prone to consumptive practices and infernal judgement. Attaching myself to that could be detrimental to my wellbeing.

I'd be better under the trees.

Thanks for asking though. If 'they' wanted to help, they would have done so by now!

Hey @Stout ,

There was a time (even when I was working), that I was offered supported accommodation (Continued Care Unit). This was long term accommodation.

I went to have a look, but I turned it down. I just didn't feel like it 'fit'.

I hope things get better for you.

I know in my area, we have Salvation Army housing for those at risk of homelessness. I wonder if you have anything like that where you are?

Morning @tyme

I'm clinging on in the region. It is aged and ageing and neglected as far as council provisions and government funding are concerned. It lacks modernity. There's a couple of SRAs but they're old. Overall the country is creeping into decrepitude, I would argue. But I'm sick of being moved on, I like the country side, have been networking with intent, and hope to find a marvelous residence. I'll probably never get the likes of what I had before, but live in hope that the next residence is of first world standard.

There lacks apprehension of the future around here.

Well, I didn't get the flat I applied for. There were forty odd applicants. What hope do I have, the gossips say.

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@Stout wrote:

Well, I didn't get the flat I applied for. There were forty odd applicants.

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Sorry to hear, @Stout 😢

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@The-red-centaur wrote:

I spent oover 6 months homeless when I first moved to Perth. No one would help coz my mental health was too bad, and mental health services wouldn't help because I was homeless.

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That is terrible, @The-red-centaur !! 😭

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@somewhatdamaged wrote:

I'm currently one of the hidden homeless...yes i have a roof over my head but zero basic amenities. I'm on govt payments with a pet so no real estate agent is going to give me a second glance. My mental health is circling the drain. Yet there are so many ppl worse off...how could i dare compete for a place...I can't live like this...

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I really feel for you, @somewhatdamaged 😢🫂

I have a serious question that's been bothering me for ages:

If you're homeless, are you still eligible for Centrelink payments?

Or do you have to have a fixed address to receive Centrelink payments?

@The-red-centaur @PeppyPatti @Stout @somewhatdamaged @Glisten

Good morning @NatureLover

The Federal government is gracious enough to allow a person to retain some limited social security payment whilst homeless. Living @ no fixed address.

This knowledge allows the callous to evict without guilt. It Foster's institutional homelessness.

@NatureLover I wad able to stay on my centrelink whilst I was unable to find a house. I got myself a PO box so had a fixed mail address. It helped me be able to stay in backpackers and what not.

I lost a lot of my savings in that time however.

I don't regret it though. I was homeless in Tasmania where I used to live anyway. I moved to Perth with nothing but a suitcase and hoped for the best. 3 years on it has been the best thing for my life. If you told me 3 years ago if be where I am now I wouldn't have believed you.

I'm not saying I'm peachy now but I'm looking forward for the first time in my life.

Its been 12 years since I first encountered homelessness and without the support I have now I probably would still be in and out of living arrangements. I thank my current supports for not seeing a problem when then encountered me, but someone who just needed some help. So many people dismissed me because 'I was doing this to myself' and I was 'beyond help and support' and 'too much of a risk'.

Being a risk to myself should have been a good reason to help me instead it meant I couldn't access help or housing programs and pretty much no one was willing to give me a chance.