Imagine yourself on a busy footpath begging for someone to help you, but everyone passing by is saying “sorry I don't have any change”. According to Homelessness Australia, this is the life of roughly 122,000 people in Australia. The dwindling amount of affordable housing is creating even more homeless people, and as a community we must help prevent it. I have seen people sleeping on benches instead of beds and wearing torn and dirty clothes instead of being clean and undamaged. Most of us just ignore them or act like those who are stereotyped as addicts, and forced into begging for money aren’t there, because we think that will solve the problem of homelessness and that will make them disappear, but it doesn’t. Imagine how hard it would be to be homeless. A lot of us take our beds, our shower, our phone, our clothes, even our education all for granted because a lot of us don't know what it is like not knowing if we will be able to sleep in a bed tonight or if we will be able to eat dinner tonight. 1. The big factor in being homeless is unemployment and this has become worse in Australia. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, unemployment amongst the Australian population has gone up to 4%. So I'm left wondering what will happen to future generations as homelessness looks to increase. …show more content…
Simply put, affordable housing is the type of housing that is appropriate for lower to moderate income(s). As affordable housing gets scarcer in Australia, more people end up without a place to live. This makes life even harder for homeless folks, forcing them to sleep rough or squeeze into places that aren't safe or sanitary. It's like a never-ending struggle that just keeps getting