trip to melb

[nealeffendi]

hey Basil that sounds like a great program but not sure if the homeless will get on board
if they can get discounts and improved safety esp. from the police etc then it might take off
although they may feel that they are in there with the dog registration !
it would stop the double/triple dippers as they just give a false name and go from agency to agency - I have in my past work, phoned other agencies to alert them to clients like that as they deprive other people of some additional well needed welfare and they as well, they are usually just handing the dough over to a drug dealer or the TAB anyways
looks like a local support agency thinks it is a good idea
bet too, that the cards become hot property as a trading/thieving  chip

The cards name is a contradiction of terms Resident HomelessCard:dodgy: So are they residents or homeless?
If the card is so good then it will act like a magnet to attract more trouble makers to the town to enjoy the good life.

[robbiegal]

lots of homeless reside in the one place/town (doorstep) for decades - AJ mentioned a regular where he lives
I used to have bloke in NQ who was on our back (work) doorstep each morning - he had been homeless for a over a decade - a lawyer who lost his mind when his wife and little girl were killed in a car accident - he crawled into a bottle and stayed there and on our back doorstep! (overnight - he'd go somewhere else in the day time)
very vulnerable person

[Goldseeker]

We are getting a lot of these people in Melbourne now particularly around the overpass rail opposite crown.

Also a lot of beggars with signs saying "homeless and hungry" but with a smoke in their hand.

Most probably millionaires getting tax free money.

These buggers are mucking it up for the "real" homeless and hungry.

[robbiegal]

yeah some might be, but very few
in my hospital experience the only ones that show up & have say, half million or so in the bank are the poor blighters who have severe untreated mental illness and they can't even remember their real name etc
and it takes some serious delving to find out who they are and their history
dealt with one lady who ate scraps from bins and food that kind local people gave her (Sydney inner city) - turned out that she had a seriously well cashed bank account but hadn't accessed it for decades anyways, we tracked down her family and they were trying to get things sorted for her (last that I knew of)