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Homelessness is everywhere. It is slowly consuming Sydney's Martin Place. An article was written on the 9th August 2017 called, ‘Single women face a frightening future of homelessness in Australia' was written by Jane Gilmore for The Sydney Morning Herald revealing the truth behind the homeless tent city in Martin Place. Government executives are planning on forcing this community into moving elsewhere, why are they being moved, why are women affected more than the men, what role does superannuation have to play and what are these homeless women doing to better this situation?

"Homelessness doesn't disappear just by moving homeless people out of sight" but this is exactly what the government is trying to do. 35 tents span from …show more content…
To retire at the ripe age of 65, one person needs to own their home and have $545,000 in the bank but this is hard for women to achieve because on a weekly average, men earn $1430 and women earn $940 which equates to losing $25,480 per year for women compared to men or 48% less. All of this money is supposed to replace the income that isn't coming through as someone retires so they can still live as a functioning resident of the community but like for many homeless Australians in Martin Place, this is a struggle to reach and as a result, homelessness seems like the only route. Once their superannuation runs out, all the income is gone so there isn't enough money for food, toiletry items or sanitary items, so basically all the basic needs and most homeless people cannot afford which also comes along with having no job and no job means that there isn't a reliable source of income where people have to rely on organisations that give out food vouchers or minimum funding. Ultimately, women cannot earn enough superannuation to support their elderly lives and will more than likely not be able to afford insurance and most importantly health or funeral insurance where they cannot have a funeral and all debts will have to be palmed off onto other family members. Women cannot rely on such bad wages because once it is time to retire, there is not enough money to live the end of …show more content…
Women all over Australia are demanding funding to help support them with daily needs such as childcare, sanitary items, food stamps and money to pay for bills but none of the funding that is already existing cannot support these women enough. The main outcome that has come from this is to heighten the tax paying funds for childcare and after-school care which will save an average of $15768.48 per year. Imagine that, not having to pay for childcare would save so much money and homeless women would benefit immensely from this, it could ultimately cure half of the homeless population. People will be able to pay bills on time, eat hot meals and pay for health check-ups which most homeless people and most women have to skip because they don't have the funding or support. Sadly the government hasn't put a new legislation in place to help the homeless community but if these women of Martin Place keep on keeping on, hopefully, in the next few decades they will be successful in relieving the costs of childcare and they won't have to worry about what they have to pay for what more important and skipping meals or