SYDNEY HOMES BOARDED UP & FENCED OFF

Plywood boards | corrugated sheeting | barrier fences | chains with locks

• Are utilised to keep people out of houses rather than inside them

• Replace all human life in these once vibrant places

• Demonstrate who has power and who does not

Broken fences | disconnected gas meters | missing windows

• Indicate the property is an investment in land and not a home for people

• Highlight how core human needs are being wilfully ignored by government

• Represent the aesthetics of a society in decline

Empty houses | vacant buildings | abandoned warehouses | disused premises

• Are a social resource that should not be wasted through abandonment

• Are reasonably considered to be potential homes during a housing crisis

• Remain useful only insofar as they may be utilised to serve the local community

Homeless | cost of living | broke or thereabouts | emergency services

• Encampments outside city railway stations are growing in size as numbers swell

• Renters pay through the nose as most Sydney rents exceed $400 pw for a studio

• Many live in precarious situations; where can they escape to?

Housing crisis | property management | social policy and programme

• It remains the responsibility of the government to house each of us appropriately

• Basic human needs like housing must be protected from market forces

• A detailed national housing strategy is urgently needed

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