When private developers moved into Pyrmont and Ultimo eight years ago, residents were told an affordable housing scheme would secure their future in the area. Countdown to the homeless Olympics tracing the movements of the social impacts in the lead up to September 2000. Fending off boarders The Olympic Games will mean a bonanza for some but is forcing thousands of boarding house tenants onto the streets. Hitting the most vulnerable hardest One in five Australians will suffer some form of mental illness during their life- for some, recovery is a lifelong journey. After a traumatised childhood and years of drug abuse and living on the streets, she has made a new life for herself and is working to help others.
Project lights the way forward Finding a roof for the homeless is the first step.
Programs such as the Inner City Housing Project are helping them take the second step - maintaining that roof. The best part of a billion dollars a year in public money is going into the pockets of private landlords via rent assistance schemes. On the run from terror Arriving in terror from their homeland, Aman and Kala seek sanctuary within Australia's shores. The difficulties in finding employment and housing are threatening their sanctum. Brian Whitehouse sells The Big Issue , a magazine that supports the homeless and unemployed.