You're probably thinking...
... everything I'm blogging, in real time, is impossible. If so, like me you were probably a respectable longtime middle class taxpayer.
No, it IS true. Public housing is a lottery decided by un-named public servants & usually no-one gives a damn politically.
But everything I have seen, heard & experienced in more than a decade should be a pox on both the houses of the Australian Labor Party & the Liberal national Party.
Its a feral & abusive environment. Attempt to counter those who are illegally breaking into, accessing & occupying private property & you'll be screamed down with foul mouth threats.
(In their defense, the 'underclass' only has this way of behaving - be the bully or you are the bullied).
But it IS happening... again & again... & the victims of it, like Jaidyn (because he's spent time in jail) might not be those you'd normally stand up fore but there is a reason Unit 14 is so attractive - the rent is paid & so is the electricity.
I wouldn't be listening to booming music without it.
There is a process, however flawed, to transition from homeless to permanent housing (I've been through it). But it takes time & it weeds out those who need re-rehabilitation.
That's what's going on here. There's an eager local dealer looking for new clients. Some questionable & potentially corrupt Victorian Department of Housing & worker involvement that is exploiting individuals who need further help from a broken 'system'.
That's what I've learned over the years.
The stench of corruption around all of this is heavy.
