This is a great idea however I would be too scared to stay there for all the reasons outlined.
I believe in the housing first model however at the same time there has to be really robust supports and plans in place around mental health and antisocial behaviour. And probably supervision.
Some people have challenges in keeping accommodation or aggressive behaviours and sadly just having services available isn’t enough.
A lot of the time what happens is either the aggressive people get kicked out (sometimes continuing to hang around and cause further problems) or more vulnerable people sleep rough to avoid the abusive ones. Or both. Which equals a high rate of returning to rough sleeping.
Australia seriously needs to fix the mental health system and housing
This is a great idea however I would be too scared to stay there for all the reasons outlined.
I believe in the housing first model however at the same time there has to be really robust supports and plans in place around mental health and antisocial behaviour. And probably supervision.
Some people have challenges in keeping accommodation or aggressive behaviours and sadly just having services available isn’t enough.
A lot of the time what happens is either the aggressive people get kicked out (sometimes continuing to hang around and cause further problems) or more vulnerable people sleep rough to avoid the abusive ones. Or both. Which equals a high rate of returning to rough sleeping.
Australia seriously needs to fix the mental health system and housing