John Cleeland is homeless and living off a disability pension in his caravan on the outskirts of Ballarat. Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian
“If I paid rent I wouldn’t have enough to live. I’ve been lucky enough through the help of my mum to have this caravan. I’d hate to think what I’d be doing otherwise.Darrylene McBain moved to the lake just over a week ago after setting up camp at the Slaty Creek campgrounds in Creswick, 18 kilometres north of Ballarat, where she was prospecting for gold. She says her new spot is “perfect”.
Thomas says more funding is needed to address the root causes of homelessness, as well as investing in more housing stock to keep prices “half reasonable”. Peplow House was running on a $100,000 deficit last year. Ballarat’s Soup Bus, a volunteer-run organisation serving meals to those in need, is also struggling to keep up with rising demand.Reid’s Guest House, a crisis accommodation facility in Ballarat, announced last month that it would be closing its doors as it was “no longer fit-for-purpose and doesn’t meet the standards required of modern rooming houses”.
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