A wary Christmas for our homeless

A RECORD 3000 people will be on Housing SA's "critical need" list this Christmas. The urgent needs list, which includes families, consists of people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, disabled, mentally ill or have had long-term problems gaining housing. Crippled by rising utilities bills and spiralling house values, there will be no happy Christmas for the 3000 who will be forced to wait an average of 242 days to be housed as affordability levels skyrocket. Read More...