Advocates warn that without funding for affordable housing, essential workers will increasingly be priced out of the areas where they work
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In the shed of the house where Lynette* sleeps, boxes are piled high. The 66-year-old dreams of unpacking the cartons – placing plates on shelves, hanging her coats in a wardrobe, picking fresh flowers for her favourite vase.
Lynette is on the pension and works as a casual primary school teacher. On the weekends she teaches golf. She is also homeless.
