Good article.

The last part tabling reasons for homelessness has crucial importance. This would help policy makers better target resources and help compare data over time.

did not Tony Abbot get strung up for saying the same things about homelessness?

I live alone in a paid for three bedroom house.
I read that I am one of 50,000 in Ausralia.
If I share then my age pension will be reduced.
If I move I must pay stamp duty.
Come on government ,stop these two expenses and I will move to a
one bedroon house.

A sensible well thought out approach to tackling the thorny issue of homelessness. I wish the author success in his project and at the end, that Service Deliverers use the data to better tackle the tasks of finding solutions and meeting the diverse needs of the cross section of society that are homeless.

One question to the writer: I see he rates the probability of success for those who are homeless due to domestic violence as low. While realising that many victims of violence within the home do tend to return to abusive partners particularly, though less likely to abusive parents, it has always confounded me as to why this is so common. Often the end result is tragedy. What is needed to help these people to not only make the move but make the break? Otherwise, like the author suggests, funding for this area of housing need might well be considered ineffective and of low priority?

Hold on! Doesn't overpopulation come into view as well as technology growth in such a small time period also come into this equation? A lot of people from the 60's to the mid 80's ever had a chance to catch the change, and now machines have taken away any manual laboring which many relies upon, and of course, is just not there any-more.

Is homelessness solvable?

With the way things are going, I would say at this time, the answer is NO.

BLUE

Dear runner. Was this the tony habit of the putting his foot in mouth problem you were on about?

http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fopinion%2Fbible-bashing-the-homeless-abbott-style-20100215-o2tj.html&rct=j&q=tony%20abbott%20and%20comments%20on%20the%20homeless&ei=DWHXTP1bkrS-A_nwiO8J&usg=AFQjCNESy56LOGCzSfs_3Ct8tGCjUVc5XA&cad=rja

Or this one?

http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CBwQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fguttertrash.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F16%2Fpoor-people-choose-to-be-homeless-says-tony-abbott%2F&rct=j&q=tony%20abbott%20and%20comments%20on%20the%20homeless&ei=DWHXTP1bkrS-A_nwiO8J&usg=AFQjCNHEhBiklcFkYGs9SZ6yqbT8TbionA&cad=rja

What do you think was thinking? Is he trying to say that God will save them or do you have another view?

BLUE