Huren zullen stijgen en dakloosheid zal in tien jaar tijd verviervoudigen tenzij er serieuze stappen worden ondernomen om emissies te verminderen, stellen onderzoekers van de University of Sydney • Volg onze liveblog voor het laatste nieuws uit Australië • Ontvang onze breaking news-email, gratis app of dagelijkse nieuwspodcast
theguardian.com• ‘In slechts enkele weken heeft dakloosheid een baby, een jonge moeder en een student gedood,’ zegt het hoofd van een belangenbehartigingsgroep, die oproept tot meer investeringen in de komende begroting. • Gemiddeld sterven er jaarlijks veertien mensen die op straat slapen in openbare parken of plattelandsgebieden in Australië, onthult een analyse van rapporten over verborgen sterfgevallen. • De sterfgevallen van een jonge internationale student die in Hyde Park op straat sliep, een jonge dakloze moeder die stierf aan sepsis in Western Australia, en een pasgeboren baby in een provisorisch daklozenkamp nabij Wagga beach hebben de afgelopen weken geleid tot een golf van verdriet en shock.
theguardian.comPeople gathered at dusk under the fig tree canopy of Sydney’s Hyde Park to pay tribute to 32-year-old, who laid undiscovered for up to a weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNo one should be left to die in the middle of Sydney, alone and unseen.That was the powerful message delivered by homelessness support worker Erin Longbottom to a crowd gathered in Hyde Park to honour Bikram Lama. Continue reading...
theguardian.comTent where twins were born up to a 15-minute walk away from nearest public toilets or running waterFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe tent where a newborn baby was found dead at Wagga beach at the weekend was part of a homeless encampment up to a 15-minute walk away from the nearest public toilets or running water, with residents in a nearby apartment block saying conditions were “worse than a Syrian war camp”.The tragedy has prompted fury in the community, with residents of Wagga Wagga calling on authorities to take urgent action to make the encampments safe and sanitary. Continue reading...
theguardian.comWhatsApp group has bought tens of thousands of meals for people via Facebook pageCarl used to own pubs – several of them – and a string of hotels. Then two years ago, rising costs forced him into bankruptcy. Now he sleeps on the beach in summer, and in winter sits in an all-night McDonald’s nursing a single cup of coffee.Carl’s daughters are in a different part of the country with his ex-wife. To maintain the illusion that he lives a normal life, Carl is careful only to video-call them from the local Wetherspoon’s with a meal and a drink carefully positioned in shot. That way, he reasons, he looks like a man with somewhere to be. Continue reading...
theguardian.comPolice say ‘no suspicious circumstances’ while local councillor argues ‘tragedy’ shows housing crisis has gotten out of hand in regional AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA baby has been found dead in a tent in regional New South Wales, prompting renewed calls to address homelessness across regional Australia.Police were called to a homeless encampment near Wagga beach on the Murrumbidgee River on Saturday, where they found a 37-year-old woman with two infants, one of whom was deceased. Continue reading...
theguardian.comRichard Hewett, who was forced to sleep in his car when his relationship broke down, is one of many in the UK hit by rising costs and a lack of social housingWhen Richard Hewett’s relationship broke down, he was forced to leave his partner’s council house – but found his disability benefits didn’t stretch far enough to get him his own flat in his Essex home town. He resorted to the next best option: sleeping in his car.It wasn’t what he had expected, aged 59. At 6ft 2in, he squeezed into a Ford Focus and struggled to sleep. When he broke his ankle, he couldn’t look after it properly, contracted sepsis and had his leg amputated. Continue reading...
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Afbeelding: West Virginia Legislature Blog• West Virginia Senate on March 14, 2026, passed Senate Bill 947 providing free certified birth certificates to homeless individuals under 18, waiving fees up to $12. • Senate Bill 906 allows prescription, distribution, and marketing of federally approved psilocybin-based medications, reclassifying from Schedule I status. • Bills advance women's collegiate sports via endowments at NCAA Division I public universities under Senate Bill 502.
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