Single mother rejected by homeless services as more people live in tents and cars
Tiffany Emmerson and her four children started couch surfing in December 2025 after she separated from her partner.…
‘Out of control’ cost-of-living pressures driving demand for food, housing charities in regions
Rosslynne Crawford is sleeping under “the peppercorn tree”, as she likes to call it. The 38-year-old Barkindji woman…
Perth family endure cold, wet winter in bus amid worsening housing crisis
Steve Pountney never imagined he’d be living on an old bus. But after applying for more than 100…
Gambling and debt left Mic Whitty ashamed and homeless. Kindness and a war diary were his path out
Mic Whitty is cycle touring around Australia, stopping at war graves along the way. With his yellow postal…
Bass Coast locals camping in the bush due to high rents and scarce social housing
Former nurse Veronica has lived in public housing at Wonthaggi on Victoria’s Bass Coast for the past eight…