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Australia: "Family violence behind rising homelessness"
Submitted by Minuteman on Fri, 2018-11-23 23:10
Link here. Excerpt:
'The number of Victorian women seeking homelessness assistance because of family violence has risen 70 per cent in four years, new data has revealed.
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The statistics come from the Specialist Homelessness Services Annual Report 2016-17 published by federal government body, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
In 2016-17, the data shows that 25,755 women aged 15 and above approached homelessness services because of family violence.
In 2012-13 this number was 15,090 - an increase of more than 10,000 people.
The Council of Homeless Persons says the shocking rise is due to increased reporting of family violence and a shortage of affordable housing. {Minuteman: The women and their advocates know that they can claim "family violence" to jump the queue, thanks to saturation marketing like that exhibited by this article.}
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"Workers are brokering deals with real estate agents, advocating for urgent clients to be prioritised up the social housing wait list and providing short-term loans to help women pay the rent after they've made the brave decision to banish a partner from the home," she said.'
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Claim DV, get prioritized
The OP nailed it. When the gov't says it'll prioritize your case, no matter what it involves be it a request for housing assistance or anything else, if you just say XYZ, no proof needed, then I guarantee you whatever XYZ is will spike in reporting.
By doing that kind of thing you in essence are paying people to say whatever it is you want them to say. People's integrity is cheap. Most ppl will gladly lie abt all manner of things in exchange for whatever. DV is no different.
If I was in a lousy housing situation and was not very employable for whatever reason (stupidity, fecklessness, etc.), or just plain lazy, or was hooked on drugs and couldn't get hired bc of it, and if all I had to do to increase my chances of getting a decent place to live in for "free" or for very little is say there is DV in the place I'm living in now, would I do it? Yes, most probably, esp. if I didn't have to name names.