Homelessness workers in Ballarat highlight the need for more housing and empathy | ABC Australia

Each day, Ballarat homelessness outreach workers Ada and Ayden arrive at work knowing there's more than 75 people sleeping rough who they cannot house. They pack their van with supplies in the morning and head out on the road to isolated bush locations, campgrounds and the city's sports ground grandstands, where people are sleeping in tents, swags or their cars, to drop food and other daily supplies, while providing a listening ear. They say it's tough having no housing solutions for people, such as a 22-year-old who's living in his car in the bush with his dog, or a family living in an old caravan with their two young children.
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[@charlottedowling2241]

What a great thing you are doing for the homeless may God bless you .🙏🙏

[@pickledturnip-weseeu]

Wow an ABC video with comments turned on, it's like freedom of speech. ABC usually turns comments off. Are we the people of Australia permitted to converse on this topic? So divisive.

[@bec5250]

Maybe they knew you'd only have something this constructive to add.

[@mrporsche4236]

People are already leaving australia for a better life. Homelessness will be a normality here very soon

[@pamdoyle4778]

Why is it always cold weather that brings on disasters where people are homeless and have nothing . No food no money no warm clothes . It’s enough to make you you crazy.

[@corvettesbme]

Nice video!

[@davechristian7543]

Sure its great wat they do but one lil free food stall like come on as there so far n few bettween , like australia needs lot more places where ppl can go n get hot ready meals n so on as there were alot more even in the 80s n 90s that i no of but all oof the ones iv known wat were around have long since gone so dont be to pleased wit your self ABC as it must have been super hard just to find this one, i mean there was one in Wollongong run by Vinnys but thats been gone now over 20 years wit nothing replaces it n i could go on n on.

[@rowbearly6128]

Far ,far fewer immigrants required, negative gearing stopped and short term rentals limited to 3 months a year.

[@davechristian7543]

There isnt one place ppl can go anywhere in Sydney for a dam shower, NOT ONE PLACE. like thats just degusting as country's like the US have multiple places like that. one in basically every city so for a city of 300 thousand like Wollongong thats just pathetic... Iv let many times homeless ppl shower at my house but there isnt many ppl out there like me i can tell u that when it comes to looking after the venerable especially in this greedy n self absorbent society we live in today..

[@Ful-OGold]

And they go and demolish all the public housing in Delacombe, fair enough they are rebuilding but that will take years. Where do all those people go who were living there?

[@pamdoyle4778]

Into tents under bridges.

[@user-rg2iu5vj8z]

I think I'd find some crown land somewhere tucked away and just start building myself a shack.. somewhere warm n dry to sleep in..food can be obtained easily it's more the need for somewhere dry n warm to sleep

[@peterreay1373]

Great workers making direct contact and services networks - but many church NGO's have investment Houses properties that can be utilised, especially connected with Private church Schools, left to privileged people. As the Churches and grounds could house and feed people. Many NGO executives have extraordinary pays that what creates POVERTY - where they buy investments or save amounts - away from actually dealing with Christ' work of helping all. So these keep people trapped in these poverty cycles, indefinitely. Whilst wealthy hoard - its a bit of a mental health illness?

[@pamdoyle4778]

It’s winter stay where you are and squat. They are going to lose the houses anyway. It’s all been planned.