Older women are quickly going homeless I Short documentary | The Feed
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- Many people in Australia are facing homelessness, but the the fastest growing demographic of Australia's homelessness population is older women.
Since this documentary was made in 2015, a housing crisis has developed in Australia.
0:00 It could be your mum, your grandma, or you
1:15 How Kaye became homeless
2:20 House sitting for safety
2:45 Why homelessness is growing for older women
3:43 House sharing as an older woman
5:33 What needs to change
6:11 The government's response
6:46 The statistics
7:01 What they'd do differently
7:35 A financial advisor's perspective
8:36 Policy problems
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Why don’t 2 or 3 older women get together to share a house and pool their resources ? It’s better than being homeless.
90% of the population, who are blood related, can't even pool their resources (for better financial management/growth) due to conflict of interest/personality. Now try doing it with non-blood-related people.
They are, but not houses, they are travelling together in motorhomes or similar
Some women do share places but there still needs to be enough money to pay for a house & an owner that will rent to three friends rather than a family, which many will not, as it is inconvenient if one person leaves.
I was a single mom and we did that. Three moms, 6 kids in a 2 bedroom apartment. I was there 2 years working full time and going to cosmetology school part time which was 7 days a week. It was tight, it was challenging but I saw an end in sight when I would become a hairdresser and make better income than my minimum wage job. We took turns watching the kids, we made it work because it HAD to work. Later as my income quadrupled I got my own place, then a house, then bought rental properties, invested, saved and could retire at age 45. It was a good lesson for me, I gave every dollar I made a job to do. I bought my first TV set when I was 45 years old, had no time for one prior. Be the Little Pig that builds a house of brick, not of straw, the Big Wolf comes to your door one day, be prepared.
Golden Girls
Young women should watch this...to learn you cannot depend on marriage for security.
Young men should watch this too...to learn your kids can be taken away from you by their mother.
Women should be prepared for husbands walking out on women
Thank you!
It was a completely different time when these women were married, it was the norm the divorce rate wasn’t anything like it is today. Men from the old school worked HARD !! The wives were the homemakers etc. sadly for most those days are long gone, generally speaking: the husband worked hard and scrimped and saved ,( if he was a good husband), the wife did all the cleaning and cooking etc, this is how we were brought up. Dad has since passed away, and mum is comfortable and is well taken care of financially. Not so for others in that time: if the men didn’t save and if they wasted it on grog and pokies etc………. Some women are financially abused in their marriages, and the husband doesn’t share the money equally. This is where the problem lays for these women unfortunately.
The "Victorian" concept of marriage should go out the window by now! It's the 21rst century, not the 19th century anymore!! Widowed /single after 42 years of marriage and loving it!!
I knew an 85yr old woman who's worked her whole life and could only afford to rent a shared room in a sober living house. These types of houses stuff two people in one room and 4 beds in the master bedroom. This is the new normal in America. They've turned housing into jails.
There's more room in jails.
Sounds horrible! Fortunately, I got real lucky with my housing situation here in New England that also has a huge housing crisis i.e. affordable housing for seniors! I count my blessings every day!
Yes and I can’t afford to even leave my house. To breathe is expensive.
These woman relied on husband for security. What a mistake!!
I agree..any woman needs to depend on herself first and foremost...
Thinking the same, and life can turn upside down out of nowhere. I'm 45, married but no children. I've had multiple jobs since my 20s but nothing for the 15, 20 years like people did in the past and built up decent retirement. My current job, im only in my 2nd year. I'm sick of working already but stories like this show me as a woman, you gotta be willing to work and not rely solely on your man. Anything can happen. Those days are gone. And having kids doesn't guarantee help cause sometimes there are family problems or the kids are struggling too!
Big mistake! The divorcing women don’t have any money to hire a lawyer and get taken advantage of during the divorce settlement. The husbands walk away without a care and don’t feel a compunction to support someone they’ve been married to for over 30 years. Major discard to the trash heap.
@@jet4415 100 %....
But you all told her if she didn't get married and have babies young she'd be a bitter nasty ol' lonely cat lady at 50.
My gf I went through nursing school with, divorced, and after 20 years of bouncing around apartments, she got tired of "being a nunsiance", she held a G to her head and did it. I told her she could live with me, but she said she wanted her own house and didn't want to depend on me when times got bad. That was 22 years ago. I miss her.
That's awful 😞 sorry for your loss.
@@ThePearlsofGray thank you. It is a growing trend I think, We are so good at helping others, that we don't take care of ourselves sometimes. :)
So terrible.....
How very tragic. 😢
🙏
The neglect of our older woman is absolutely shameful.
How sad it is that those who have been mothers, carers and nurturers through their lives are left out in the cold in their older years.
So true. No rest for the weary. Why not affordable tiny house communities for these women. If your kids take you in your lucky.
@@lorascelsi8102 tiny house communities are a great idea.
The new generations are moot. They'll pay the price someday.
Where are their children? Grandchildren?
it is a reality - especially with this generation....if you are a parent and your children love you dearly...do not take it for granted. To know your mother or father is actually sleeping on a pavement is disgusting but not surprising that their children or relative wouldn't help. A mother use to be the worth of a "diamond" - one to be treasured.
I work in a truck stop. I see so many mature women homeless. Their husbands have died and they’ve lost their homes. Their kids have stolen from them. They are on fixed incomes and rents have risen. Husbands have died and their companies have denied pensions to the spouses…. You would never guess these women are homeless, they can’t even believe it. It’s very sad.
a wakeup call for sure.
and sadly, we still live in a patriarchal society that creates real struggles for many women! We've been fighting for full radification of the ERA, Equal Rights Amendment ever since 1923, over 100 years here in the states! smdh
Yet Australians keep voting for very stupid political parties.
@@zrymill It's a problem that's been building over decades. We have to commit to providing decent public housing. Affordable housing is a misnomer, it's $350k and you have to find a loan for it?
The problem is that people are selfish don't want to pay taxes and don't want governments providing public housing. But this is precisely what is needed. Nobody is facing this not even the Greens.
When I was in high school I don’t remember them ever teaching us on retirement. I wish I had known. I would have done things so differently.
They taught us nothing about life at school...and neither did my parents. Sad.
Agreed. The schools need to have mandatory classes on budgeting, saving and 401(k), Roths, or other forms of retirement saving. So young people can see these as a way of life, rather than some painful new habit they have to form later in life when their finances are all over the place.
I've been saying this forever. There should be classes on how to invest money. How to budget you know information on 401ks all that kind of stuff. There's a whole bunch of stuff. School should be teaching life skills ways of dealing with children that's a huge challenge. People have kids and they have no clue. Maybe that's why everything's such a mess. But financial intelligence definitely should be taught in school.
too many times we're left to our own devices! Does Australia not have something like our Social Security? It may be feasible to stay at home when kids are little, like I did, but once they're school age, women need to go back to work and continue to collect SS or set up their own IRA, Independent Retirement Account. Think and plan ahead!
@@brendadrew834 there are so many things that can happen in life even if you do plan. It's a big one that comes to mind is a healthcare crisis. Life isn't so cut and dried. It's pretty obvious that it's not by the disparity that we see everywhere around us. It's kind of like hindsight is 20/ 20 and you don't know what you don't know and our educational system is also to blame because they do not teach financial literacy. I think that is actually on purpose to keep people from understanding how to invest.
They raise children who dont give a damn about them if they are in need
Wake up!
Yes we do find that kids ur own flesh n blood will not help and suck upto their partners over flesh n blood it happens a lot.
Alot of young people are in the same situation because the cost of buying is around 10 times the average annual income and rents are extortionate. The best solution is to build small homes in the back gardens of the parents so everyone can afford a place to live. It just means respecting each others boundaries and not interfering with each other. People like control over their own space.
That's both sad and horrible! Thankfully, I have two grown daughters who have good solid college educations with degrees and they love and take care of me, even from a distance, my youngest being a Montessori teacher in CA! My oldest lives upstairs from my "Carriage House" cottage apartment with my son in law and granddaughter who have been most helpful since I have MS! Tough I'm very independent minded and do a lot for myself even if it's not always easy. They've gotten home care workers in to help me two days a week. I count my blessings every day!
The truth is a lot of women do not earn enough to put away enough money for their retirement. Women are more vulnerable to having to accept low paid work or unemployment than men. Over 80% of unpaid carers are women. When seeking work, on average, women have to apply for about 33% more jobs before they find employment than men do.
Unfortunately prejudice has not gone away. Prejudice can have shocking effects on peoples lives.
There are actually "gender quotas" across the board/every industry/profession. Entry criteria have been lowered (for women) to meet gender quotas.
I was a QLD Police Officer and yes there were qualifiers for men and qualifiers for women, but only physically, women got more time/less weight/more incentivised pass rates as the "Service" wanted a 50/50 ratio. If that's not a prejudice I'm not sure what is
Beach come here help in mines for 18 hrs
Ageism too.
Yes, unfortunately we still live in a white patriarchal society! Here in the states we've been fighting for full radification of the ERA, Equal Rights Amendment ever since 1923, over 100 years! Had enough??
I would never and have never relied on anyone for my livelihood. At the end of the day the person who has vowed to love and take care of you, could say I want out. Then where does that leave you. Always maintain some kind of job, even if it's part-time.
Not very useful advice after the fact is it? This shouldn't be an exercise in showing how fabulous your choices have been.
(What an ego trip and very lacking in compassion and understanding pointing the finger).
The reality is women have given their lives to bringing others up, dutifully done the right thing, been underpaid and been shafted one way or another. Now they get not only blamed but told what they have done wrong. Not good enough to indulge in the ego trip.
Right, volunteer don’t pay bills
There but fot the grace of God go I.... I am 68yrs old and living in a nursing home.
Is that supposed to be a good thing ?
@@annehat4833no, but much much better than being out on the street.
@@genevievedolan1288 you sure about that ?...at least you have freedom.....prefer that than living in a kennel !
Unless sickness happened. DEPEND on no one but yourself.
Lots of things happen. Who do you imagine you're helping here?
I have been in this situation. Now fortunately I have a senior apartment. An important issue I think, is for many women who are entering retirement age now, there just were not pathways to saving, or build retirement funds. We were caught between the old notions of being wives and mothers and dependent on husbands for financial security and the new roles for women to also be workers and responsible for planning for their own old age as well as being mothers and carers. Hopefully as the coming generations of women age, they will be better prepared, and the role of mother and carer will be compensated, or at least acknowledged better, and so be reflected in social security etc. My heart goes out to all the women who find themselves in this position and feel ashamed. The shame does not belong with you. It belongs to society which has failed us by not adaquately acknowledging and compensating the work we have done all our lives.
Exactly! But posters above and probably below are full of blame and judgement. It's appalling.
It's happening in America also .
This story got me so deeply. Society thinks women should focus on the children and the home which obviously means the detriment of her career and when divorce happens or their spouse dies she is left to drown, without job experience or usually even credit in her name. It is heartbreaking that so many countries don't value the unpaid work that women do as carers. The solution? In my mind it's a basic universal income. In the long run, basic universal income actually lifts people up enough to get off the service and saves taxpayer money. Also, financial literacy and having people understand that financial independence is necessary for both partners.
When & if the SPOUSE DIES? Well if *she was* still married to him at the time of Death she receives not only inherits the 'Estate' or her children, if over 18 (under most circumstances) she will also get a widows pension.
You have a very good point though WOMEN SUFFER TREMenDOUSLY .. if they do not consider the consquences !!!
@@lolitarouge Not everyone is fortunate enough to own their own home to inherit from a spouse. Most have motgages. Plus the loss of income.... Only if you're lucky do you get a pension for being widowed and is that enough? Especially if a husband dies young and especially if a woman isn't working. You're scenerio is a best case one. Time to check reality.
@@thexxit That is reality and its not for me to decide for others its for those couples themselves to think ahead and be responsible and understand the consequences of DIVORCE if they choose that option.
@@lolitarouge Yes, we must try our best to consider all future options.
6 years ago ..
Now, in 2021, we now have a catastrophic housing crisis in Australia. Older women and single mothers are at the forefront of the tsunami of homeless people.
These are good, educated people who have spent decades working and caring for others only to find society turn its back on them.
Socialism doesn’t work so great, huh?
VERY SHOCKING & disgracefull.. !!
Same here in America. It's not because of immigration, either, brettski....it's about the government refusing to realize that their regulations and stipulations for affordable housing is antiquated with this economic downturn across the world. It's not happening overnight....it's been building and building since the beginning of the 21st century. We need to do better, or we'll all be on the streets. It's worse than the potato crisis since it's worldwide.
Never could understand why women will sacrifice thier lives to take care of somebody
Hmmm sad but there's hope I pray 🙏 my sis in Sydney she will be ok even do she's distant
8 years ago and the situation has deteriorated radically.
Her family knew that she was homeless. And they left her on the street like a animal. Wtf?
Shocking!!!!!!
Yes shamefull. Kids
I wonder if there is another side to this story. She's playing up the role of the victim so well.
@@loisaustin6200 sometimes it takes a decade or so of youth for them to start recognizing the value of their childhoods and home. Imagine the best of them in your mind. What you focus on is what you will see. I was nearly 50 years old before I realized my mom was right in many ways.
There are two sides to every story
I don't understand how a mother who committed her life to raising children ends up homeless. Yes, the husband is no longer in the picture... but where are the children?
I always told my daughter, "Be ready to take care of yourself, because you never know. Sometimes things don't work out, sometimes husbands are not reliable. BE READY TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF."
I was a single mom...worked 6 days a week for 20 years to provide for my kids and myself. While we were homeless in a car I opened a savings account and put $2. a week in it no matter what, and started the saving/investing habit. So glad I did..I went to school to be a hairdresser, invested, took classes, worked overtime and retired at 45 a millionaire. I followed Dave Ramsey's plan..it was simple and it worked.
My beautiful mother said the same thing to myself and my sister and we both have set ourselves up for our retirement on our own.
Yes. I become a single mom and I took care of myself and my family, all by myself. I worked two jobs for more than 20 years and still do.
Still wahman don't care of themselves
@@eckankar7756 stop lying beachhh
I know someone who partied most of her life & made bad choices…didn’t plan for older age …
She had to humble herself & now lives with a kind grown daughter…
How rude of you. This is her fault? The best plans of mice and men, mate. It's the same with women. They dutifully do what is expected, survive on less pay than men and then get discarded. It sounds like you derive satisfaction from the misery of others. Good luck with that attitude because life is far more complex than you make out.
What happened to family taking in the elders in their family? If you do research most countries treat the elderly with respect! Shame on those who should be there for their people!! My home is paid for but with taxes and insurance who knows how long I will have a roof over my head. I pray for the struggles of these peoples. ♡
Many women (and) men in today's society are childless by choice so this problem will become magnified in the future...
That’s because in most countries as you put it, they do not prepare for retirement. Kids are expected to care for their parents. In this country you have decades t9 prepare and there is plenty of welfare. It’s up to you to prepare
Can’t believe this was 7 years ago
It was drummed into me in the 1990s. Superannuation
Plan for retirement
Pay off your mortgage 💸
Lots of stories now about homeless women
Plan plan plan
My mother always said but a house or unit when your young that you can afford and hang to it
Never lose your house
Lots of single childless women that I know never bought house when they had good wages
Rents are going up and up forcing people to out further for cheaper rents
Hopefully the govt will build more 1bed units for the people
I’m there, family knows but is no help to me. I will have a place to go but while it’s good and I’m grateful, it isn’t what I wanted for myself. My life went in the crapper when I got cancer. That’s gone but so is my home and real independence with it. It’s very difficult to start over when you’re almost 79yo.
I'm 73 and have been homeless over 5 years on and off. I sleep in shopping center parking lots to save money. I will probably sell my 20 year old car soon. So I will have to do plan B. My only friend is Jesus and I believe He will take care of me.
You should go to housing in your community and get 202 for housing . If you are old enough and don't take no for a answer or get housing if you are disabled. Not section 8 set on there dam door steep.
Clearly we don’t do enough for pensioners in Australia.
Sad reality as soon as you get old society no longer has a use for you.
They get like $29,000 a year for the old aged pension. They are also allowed to work a couple of days a fortnight to supplement their income without losing their pension. They also get half price taxis, discounted council rates and water and car rego (if they still drive). They also had the opportunity to buy houses in suburbs we couldn't even dream of affording for well under $100k and those same houses are now worth millions of dollars. Yeah we do nothing for them...
You’re supposed to do for yourself
Nor the money to pay for it.
@@tkatrich3lol as if f anyone can live off 30k a year.
Where are the children? These women should pull together and share the house. There is always a solution, loosing your home should not happen.
Before there were lodgers and boardin houses.
A sick world where the only thing that matters is money. What wierdo would want to bring a child into a sick world like this. Its the end times.
I'm 47 and I'm not having kids for that very reason. My decision hasn't changed since I was young.
💯 👍 IT'S ONLY GOING TOO GET WORSE
@brettski to an ignorant person like yourself.
@@childrensorg856 God calls children a blessing. Society calls abortion a blessing. I'll take God's blessings.
@@bev7236 blah blah.
What if you are over 80 & unable to work!
then you starve and die which at 80 is just around the corner so no big deal.
Tbh they all look healthy, well dressed and clean to me .
Perhaps the government should consider not throwing all of the tax payers money on illegals and pay more attention to the seniors who’s tax payments all of their lives, paid for the programs.
How about the Pentagon hold bake sales instead of getting an ever-increasing amount of the federal budget?
Exactly 💯 that's what I say all the time, makes me furious 😠 I am a community support worker
Yes
Nope. Your solution is to make other people pay their way? You need to be preparing for retirement the whole time you work or you’re married. Money should be put away for the future.
They can't buy as many votes that way.
My father always advised to plan for the future and save. I started my private pension at 24, got a mortgage at 25, paid it off at 45. Never rely on someone else to provide for your future
Before you think of Divorce (man or woman) pick one:
1) Security and miserable.
2) Miserable and homeless.
In all too many cases marriage can be security & abuse & or security & violence.
Not quite true: I'm homeless but a man.
The amount of women who are "travelling homeless" with another woman, is staggering... It's own sector for tourism there are that many.
So choose your options:
1) Security & Miserable (marriage)
2) Adventurous and transient (travelling with friend)
Sometimes one doesn’t have a choice.
@@joycenesselhauf1220 Not making a decision is a decision in itself. You may not have ANY OTHER choices, but you still have to decide/choose whether to stay or go.
1 or 2 are both miserable, but you still have to decide/choose which one.
@@sarahstrong7174 I believe your point still fall under category 1) Security and Miserable.
Yes, it is an unfortunate predicament, but you still have to decide/choose: 1) or 2).
When l was still in the business world l saw & spoke to people who were older. And all l saw & felt negativity coming from our Seniors . That made me think & act about my own goden years. I always believed when you are old your are probably poor & sick. That was not what I wanted for me ,so i worked like heck ,didn't spend more than I could & on the whole was very careful about money. Whatever I own now lts all paid for, no debts only my property taxes and upkeep of the house & my utilities. You can't manage money if you don't have any. So you can make & always remember about that " rainy day "
This is the answer. Govt does not have enough money to support seniors (they live too long). Health care is astronomical, and can bankrupt anyone who has some money to lose.
10 year public housing waiting list but if your illegal you get first pic, that's Australia for you! Aged care is last on the list. If your a junkie you'll get one too before our life long tax paying citizens. Fact!
Same all over. Migrants first!!
Same in Ireland, UK, Canada. This is a globalist plan to flood our countries and replace the anglo stock with blood from everywhere else. Its definitely not an accident.
😊Women accepted the myth that men would look after them in exchange for making a home and having their children. Society let them down. Teach your girls to get an education and a career. They cant count on someone else to do it for them.
WRONG if you and your husband do not prepare for the future, this is what you get stop blaming the men. You both failed.
It wasn’t a myth. It was the truth, until feminism and marxism took over our society.
Thank God I’ve read some of these comments to completely change my perspective on life! Thank God!!!!
4:37 So this is exactly the position that I find myself in. the new owners have doubled the rent and I am essentially being priced out of my apartment. I will be living in my car very soon and I am very scared. I'm also 60 and therefor, not old enough to collect social security. I'm also unemployed and my bank account is drying up. Nobody is interested in hiring older people. The anxiety and stress of the situation is wreaking havoc on me.
How scary. I will keep you in my prayers.
jobs are available, but they don't pay much. What about your family?
As a single mother I constantly had to cash out any retirement, savings, stocks I had accumulated in order to keep a roof over our heads. Now as a retiree my kids have turned their backs on me. I can't believe I sacrificed my own security for these self centered people. But that's what a good mother does.
Welcome to the senior club. Children are no longer reliant, it's all about them.
I have a middle aged daughter. I wouldn't let her plan a meal for me, much less look after me. She would find ways to get at my assets, and shuffle me off when there is no money left. If my wife preceeds me, I have a problem dealing with this. Many elders don't need to left alone.
What beautiful and honest ladies to tell their stories
The first woman's children are not there for her. I wonder if there is a good reason she's divorced and the kids aren't there to support her now. I wonder if there is another side to her story she's not sharing.
They spend millions over seas in aid spend some of that to help Australians
Having a job, for a women Even if you are a mother is a must. Its your financial security in every situation. I would never depend on anybodie's money, never.
Where are dolman's children? My God. You're telling me there's not even a couch for Nan to crash on in her kid's house? Cmon?
My wife and I are seniors, when one of us checks out, the survivor would not be able to live in our home. Fortunately, we both saved for our retirement. So barring hyper-inflation, we should be OK for the duration. Things most people won't or can't do this, or can't manage their money. We saved long term for this reason. Another is not having any family to help or take you in their home.
World Governments are going broke, and are printing fiat money to pay their bills. We worked and scrimped for years, nour money buys less every day. It is not going to be pretty.
I think this is shameful. If a man did not have a wife, he would have to pay a nanny that would cost a lot more. If a woman has put her career on the backburner to be married, surely the Husband should have to pay or the state even after divorce. He did not pay for her labour in the form of nanny, housekeeper, cook, etc when they were married. Or the state should pay. If voluntary work was not done, the country would have to pay a lot more. Bringing up children and volunteering are important unpaid jobs.
good idea
It's why women in many cases get so much money in divorce settlements. It seems unfair on the face of it, but when you think about and what women gave to a marriage (often their childbearing years; often so much unpaid labour) - taking away enough money to look after themselves later (particularly if the man initiated the divorce) isn't a lot to ask.
@@sregan5415 it is too much to ask for these money and power greedy men
to them she should have been free worker!!
Couples should both plan for retirement. All assets held jointly.
Very Educational; which affects women all over the world.
What àbout homeless men. I think you will find that their numbers are much greater.
🧐🥺😭WHY ARE SOCIETIES ABANDONING THE NEED OF THEIR WEAKEST & POOREST OF THEIR COMMUNITIES... SOME ONE PLEASE EXPAIN THIS TO THE REST OF US WHO WANT THESE SOCIAL CRISISES SOLVED NOT IGNORED!
😡
you in vancouver shaughnessy i dont need 4 bedroom
What about homeless men , they get far less privileges then men .
This is a big problem in America. So many homeless. Single moms with children living in cars or tents, or worse on the street. Housing out of control expensive. We need studio apartments, stop building mansions when people are going homeless. America's homeless shelter has become the street. Our politicians do nothing. Housing and healthcare unavailable for many working class families and middle aged moms. America's top priorities making the Uber rich richer while the working class fall into disparity.
Our politicians don't do nothing. They line their own pockets, send billions of dollars to other countries, and reward illegal immigrants with welfare. They hate the average hardworking American citizen. And if a hardworking American citizen falls on hard times, they don't care.
Now happening in the U.K as well. The government has sold off some G.P. practices to American businessess. The NHS cannot afford to be paying profits to American shareholders. WTF!
@@sarahstrong7174 the American politicians seem to think it's OK if people on the streets. Perhaps the American politicians deserve to live on the streets. Our healthcare and housing have been in shambles for a long time. Politicians ignore the issue.
Thank dems. Deciding on kids as a lifestyle isn’t smart when you can’t support yourself. It’s not fair to the kids. Build some apartments for these people. Let them life for free on you
@@lisahertel2415 thanks to the greedy TRAITOROUS reptipublicans.
Too many women relied on their husbands for a home. The man leaves and the woman name is not on the deed. Society doesn't care about older broke women on the street. This is why you must focus on yourself. Buy your own house and pay for it yourself. get a job or start some sort of business and career
Easily said than done ;)
If it was that easy, then a lot of men/women would have done so.
Plenty of hardworking people that became homeless (or living paycheck to paycheck).
You are absolutely correct.
I am 63 years old and the past 22 years I have worked 2 jobs.
I do not know when I can retire.
I live 1 bedroom apartment and living paycheck to paycheck. I am blessed that at least I have roof over my head.
May GOD bless all men and women during the difficulty times.
I do not depend on men.
I cannot say all men.
I did not have luck in men.
I was nice and they took advantage of me. Therefore, I have no money.
I have worked hard since I was 19 years old till now.
Therefore, I am alone.
Maybe I will work till I drop.
I will do anything to survive except the illegal jobs.
I have very little but I found PEACE.
Many blessings from our HEAVEN FATHER to all men and women.
Takes a bunch of money to make a bunch of money. Most women in these type situations have had to beg for any dollar from their husbands for years and have no big bunches of money when they are found out on the streets. Not nearly as easy as you make it seem.
@@loisaustin6200 never put yourself in a position where you have to beg a man for money
Parents teach children about financial management.
Schools do not teach that !!!
My parents spent every dime they earned, constantly had bill collectors calling and coming to the door I'd have to answer because they'd not yell at a kid. THAT taught me about finance. I was determined to NOT end up like they did. By 19 years old I had read dozens of financial books, when I earned my first $100. I hired a financial advisor. I worked and became a hairdresser bought a house, rental properties, stocks, mutual funds, saved and retired at age 45. My broke parents taught me how to become an everyday millionaire. Thank you, Dave Ramsey.
and the parents teaching financial management to their kids are as broke as me.
Yes well I put my superannuation in early and that company ripped off all of my money in fees and charges when I stopped working to have my children. Safe and effective😟
It’s not just women becoming homeless,
Maybe if the politicians have the same wages as the general population then they will make different decisions for the citizens that are working hard to pay their enormous salaries!
Nope. If you earn money your whole life but never put a single dime away for retirement, that’s your fault. How much money you make does not depict the future.
I hope kay is well god willing
Music to my ears.
1. In other cultures, the children take in the parents. What is wrong with that if they have kids? Australians are NOT really the sharing caring types they make themselves out to be.
2. The entire western world is finding themselves in a different place to how it was 50 years ago and adjustments and acceptance of this needs to follow. You can't expect any Government to individually continue to house all of these people in SINGLE houses. People are going to have to share in future.
3. It's quite pathetic that those who benefit are those that have been in social housing all their lives and contributed little to society. The government won't be satisfied until those with a little bit lose everything and have nothing.
4. I am gobsmacked that people didn't think about this prior. How stupid are they seriously? THe Government can't be blamed for lack of simple mental process.
Anyway, it's adapt or don't at this stage. Find other ways to live because the only person that really cares about your arse, is you.
In Russia they dont even do Nursing Homes. They think they are a disgrace. Family look after you somehow. As for that - to leave someone on the streets, you'd never see it.
I wondered that, too. Maybe there is another side to this story she's not sharing to the TV crew.
In other countries, the elderly are taken care of by their children. The children are raised with that obligation to care for their parents in their old age. What a shame that it has to be this way for our elderly. A society is measured by how it treats its most vulnerable...the elderly and the children. What type of society are we in? Family does not just consist of a spouse. Family is so much more than that and should extend out like a web of support. This is a reflection of where we are as a society.
😢 the First Lady’s story is heartbreaking.
Are employers not giving people jobs once they get to a certain age?
Yes, they do. Just don't pay much.
I never had a home just other room mates , and a room , probably die in hospice , thats the hard reality.
This is also a problem in the USA. Younger ppl need to be taught and see these types of clips and plan your future carefully. Always expect that you may be single or sick. Circumstances happen and you have to have a plan and be ready. Have safety, security and dignity in your future self. Don’t rely on anybody especially the government…😮
They wouldn't be homeless if they still had rooming houses. But every town got rid of those.
If you want to find out how evolved a society is, take a look at how they treat their weakest members. The elderly have given us their all. It's time we gave them something back ❤
Quite often, older women don't have enough income to share a house with some friends. If the women are younger, and children are involved, the living situation is even more difficult. 😅 10:09
If BOB Hawk came back to life and saw what those bloody government done to the country he would cry
Living with my Adult Daughter, she has worked since 16 , right now cant afford rent on her own , either can I ,
Wow is that Julia gillard?
Barista for coffee sounds expensive. A jar of instant will provide several cups a day for a month at less cost than that one cup. Could this be why she is short on money for mortgage and rent?
I can't stand coffee but caffeine pills cost 10 cents... and on a slightly more helpful note, both these women could be working as home care aides or babysitters; I fell into a 'job' taking care of the 99 year old man who lived next door to a relative; he still had all his marbles but was going blind. He obviously needed someone around all day long to be safe, take him places, groceries, cooking, etc. I moved in with him at 63 years old and he lived another 3 years. During that time I saved up my money - I had already taken Social Security - and when he died I had enough saved to buy a modest house outright. He left me some money in his will and that provided a nice cushion. There are thousands of seniors living alone who could use a care aide/companion for the same kind of situation; once your housing and utilities are paid for, whatever pension you might have goes a lot farther.
these people saying they are homeless or poor should visit the slums in South America or the Philippines and realise in reality they are pretty well off compared to them.
@stevenhuGood point.😮ll5025
If you are homeless, how do you make coffee?
Where do you get water, how heat it?
You can be frugal in a hone with utilities, not so easy living in a car or tent.
I encouraged my girls to go into STEM fields like I did. All choices have consequences, must plan ahead
i dont know which is more disturbing, the womens situations or the comments below!
I agree. A bunch of doomsayers.
Good
The girl next door to me only waited 3 months for statehousing true shes part aboriginal
I love you
Everyone of those women has shown the door to men who were good and decent but they were too short or too poor etc.
Dont get married thinking your husband is going to take care of you. Dont sacrifice your future being barefoot and pregnant and staying at home. each person is the the only one responsible for their own future. Make good choices when young.
That's bucz the 400 yrs r up.
This is an out rage! This is America and no one should be homeless. I pray in the name of jesus that this changes. I,m living in a place where i am so unhappy. I want to go back home to my family. Amwn
Where are her children???
Be like the golden girls. Join together women.
Be wise when your young.
Also the cost of medicine!
Those older women deserve better than this. Surly the Government could build more Social Housing this should not be happening in 2024. This is truly heartbreaking.💔 😢
Why? They failed to prepare for retirement. Why is it the tax payers job?
All these tales about marriage being the contract where the men take care of their wives. Men do not take care of women. Through divorce, disease, etc, women are not taken care of.
Women, please, whether you work or not, TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOUR DAMN FUTURE! Please!
Women get an education and WORK!
So it's a worldwide thing. Interesting....we need to stop having so many regulations(aka fees the government takes from poor people, in these particular situations) against affordable living, that's what it seems could be one answer. In America, there's so many building codes in place that you can't just live in any old building, necessarily.
Shame on her family.
Agreed!
You don’t know the whole story
I wonder if there is good reason she's divorced and her children are not in her life. maybe there is more to her story she's not sharing to the TV crew.
@@eckankar7756 stop repeating your self you sound like an idiot!
@@eckankar7756 How do you know? You live in her shoes?
I am supposed to feel sorry for people who never planned? It's like the story of the grasshopper and the ant
Sad its very sad to hear stories like this, I wish I could help all older women homeless .
Go find one and help.
Her children should help her. Older people shouldn’t get divorced.
Agreed. I'm Asian I've never heard nor seen my people divorce when they're in their 40s and up. My parents had been married for 54 years until my mom passed. And they don't date or remarried when they're in that age.diffrent culture I guess.
@@glow1815 It isn’t wise. Oh well. Stick it out. Life sucks.
Shit happens
Not much you can do when hubby finds a younger model ! I don’t think Most would be choosing divorce , or maybe husband passed and these women stayed home and raised families so not many job prospects
@@christinejames6778 When a woman is young, she should know that. People want to be entertained and amused.
Homelessness is not a sin. But society and a Christian Nation is the sinner. People refuse to help one another. Anyone does not walk in your footsteps. More is coming. God Bless you and I hope you get the help you need. Ask God for answers. Love and respect to you.
Hope is not a strategy.
2007 must of been the year for it .
What did she do with her half of the settlement and time to start a career or build some wealth for retirement all those years since? Is there a reason she's divorced and that her grown children are not in her life supporting her now? I suspect there is more to this story than she's told to the TV crew.
I'm sorry, but if you have adult children and they have their own home or apartment -- you should NOT be homeless! Each one of your kids should step up and take you in to live with them! If you have three adult children -- then divide your year by 3 and that's how many months you live with each one of them.
As an adult, there's no way that my mother or father would be homeless. I'm not saying that should they need full-time medical care that I wouldn't seek outside help, because you can't really take care of them if they need around-the-clock medical care and you're working a 40-hour-a-week job. If they're still able to get around and they have a sound mind -- no way would I allow them to be homeless!
Any elderly homeless mother who has grown children should be taken in by her children! There's no excuse unless they need around-the-clock medical care!
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No older person should be homeless put them in with a older person . Temporary or long term. People are becoming used to this and it is dam well not good money well not solve this.
Just listen to them. They speak in words of how I feel what should happen. No one cares about homelessness when it comes to men. As to homeless woman this is going to be a lot more common. They seem to have this mental view of not being responsible for their own lives. They seem to believe things should change for them rather than they should change for things. When things go wrong they then look around expecting society to come and rescue them.
too evil for words. Same in the USA.
We need wage equality. Constantly underpaying women and then expecting them to take care of themselves at the end of their lives handicaps them from the beginning.