How a successful teacher, principal and IT manager wound up homeless |  

Its Jamie Davies how are you doing I've never been homeless but I feel sorry for this man I mean Scott Butler Michelle B my friend.

Irene happy you made it thru Doll

@@shawneeb8273 Its Jamie Davies how are you doing Shawnee Blake my mate and buddy?

It’s much more beneficial to leave the unfriendly cities ( or shities as I term them) & relocate to a small country town. The people are much more genuine & sincere & REAL friends are very easy to find.

@@geoffphillips5872where?

Trouble is our housing market here is all privatised, very very limited public housing so of course when there is shortages on rental the private renters prioritise ppl with full-time work, so many many marginalised groups get left out, mostly people on disability/support pensions, single parents and elderly or those who work part time. Its awful, we need a rehall of the state housing system here in Australia.

Australia no longer has a safety net if you get seriously ill. Limited sick leave is available through some jobs, but if you’re sidelined from work for a significant period of time, you’re on your own. It’s also very difficult to access disability payments if you become disabled. Lots of cancer sufferers end up in poverty &/or homeless in Australia.

*Australia

First of all it's Australia not Austria. We do have high taxes. Healthcare is free and unemployed get money from centerlink that a lot of dodgy people exploit. There's also public housing. Obviously it's not perfect but better than most countries.

@@izzamga You dont know what your talking about, theres a rental crisis in AUS, forget about public housing, its practically non-existant. Looks like power prices have to go up even more, for you to wake up. The gaps just getting bigger and bigger.

How?

Yes. I am a LPN. Family and I wound up homeless,due to stupid,stupid mistakes and lack of planning. It was years ago but. Always remember the quote by Winston Churchill. “ He who fails to plan is planning to fail”.Always be ready. You never know….

@Daryal what's that supposed to mean?

Why, how,😱😱how did you budget your income😱😱

Avoid DEBT.

It's not temporary..

I have been homeless for five

Sorry to hear this. You poor thing. I wish you well. Just keep going making best choices possible

Hope, your doing find now, ☹️Just dong give up🙏🙏🙏pray for you, young man and your sister 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏Never ever give up🙏🙏🙏think of your

But if he made so much money why didnt he save up? I never made more than minimum salary my whole life but i saved up slowly and build a house when i was 32

all it takes is rent being increased 2X+ as is happening in our area, and wages that can't cover those INSANE increases and no rentals available for a those displaced folks

@@robsonrobbi1763 don't be SMUG, you never know what can happen to savings. One stay at the hospital can WIPE folks out entirely.

@@robsonrobbi1763 Socialism has hyper inflated the cost of living. No matter how much I save, I'll never afford my own house.

@@savannahsmiles1797 health insurance is also important, especially when people get older.

I don’t know what the f the government does with their time. Absolutely useless in terms of what a greedy CUNTRY Australia has become where the rich get richer and screw the rest

come on, this can't be true

Weird that even a room rental was not available or he couldn't afford it? Savings seem to have gone to treat the disease in which case the Australian health system is failing.

@@trildi HAS FAILED MISERABLY; MANY YRS AGO.

I was thinking the same thing...what happened to his job and family?

I'm an Australian, even before Covid-19 we started to have housing difficulties and now Covid-19 has made it heaps worse. Just before Covid started I had gotten government housing and I was on the wait list for two years. A lot of people want to live in the larger cities and the wait time is so much longer, that's why I chose to live where I am now because the wait time is so much shorter.

LoL no not a third world country by even the smallest stretch... Yes there are big problems needing to be addressed and should have been decades ago, but we are an incredibly stinkin' privileged and definitely not 3rd world society.

We're in a shocking mess.

Canada isn't far behind !

@@fotoautomatmusic absolutely agree, we as people got to expect too much handouts, getting all for nothing, not planning for the future ie sickness, old age. Both my partner and I were on a minimum wage and we paid off our mortgage 25 years ago, never went out to restaurants, never bought take away, our holidays were 4km from our house on the local beach or park. So it all comes to expectations, spending and planning. Australia is still the best place to be.

or people can just stop having kids while in poverty.

good idea but nah, that's a little bit of communism right there. For the government to employ, train and accommodate the homeless will cost millions. More taxes

Amazon buying the empty malls and coverting them

What we need is like japanse verion of capsal hotels but instead of hotel use them as a homeless shelter in the usa

It's not that simple to get homeless people to work. Most are battling depression, and/or have mental issues that come from some traumatic past events, or have a chemical imbalance that require medication and physcalogical therapy. So working becomes difficult. Doing some of the smallest things in life are a challenge. Things such as get up to wash yourself, walk to the store, put on some clothes, even getting yourself to seek help is a challenge. As crazy as it sounds. You can give someone who's homeless a substantial amount of money, and many. Not all. Would not use it to stabilize themselves and become part of society. They might spend it foolishly, or give it away, because they've become so accustomed to their lively hood. That they don't know how to go about changing it. Some would spend it on drugs. Which society says that that's why they're homeless, but why did they start doing drugs to begin with? What event, or what led them to do drugs? Some didn't start doing drugs till they became homeless, or went through some detrimental event in their lives. Just living in the streets alone is degrading. Let alone the way people treat homeless is enough to drive you into a severe depression. Lower your self esteem, and feel like no one cares. So why care what you take to escape the pain of reality. So it's far more complicated than simply putting them to work. I would say that many don't care what you or I even think about the situation. I wish I knew what the solution to it all is, but I don't. I can only hope, wish, and pray for anyone that has gone through whatever it is that caused them be homeless. To be guided, find peace within, and recover to the livelyhood they once had. God bless

Everything but the message bro. Let's stay positive

Lots... IT manager making over 50 an hour should probably have some back up plan. Especially in oz I am sure he didn't foot all the bills like it would've in the USA.

it's a 4min upload Wiggi. there's a significant amount of info for 4 minutes. ~ everything was going well. then 2013 got aggressive cancer - 6 months hospitalization. afterwards recovery done solely. 2015 returning to the world and flatting situation turned bad. then homeless and lived in car. After all this he says "don't ever give up, never give up".

Some people spend to the max, every payday. They don't save. Savings anyway are for spending, in their view.

Savings can be drained. He had cancer. Medical bills are very expensive.

Australia has free health care. Even in aggressive emergency situations you rarely pay a cent.

He spent it he would not of saved a dollar. Thought ooh yeah this is life forever I'm sweet as a nut.

My thoughts were same. Good job…free medical care….so where did the money go.

And that is exactly the problem man. Takes away the only thing that makes life worth living- a purpose

Thank you for being compassionate to them. It takes one to know one, and that you've been there has made you a better human being. Bless you ❤️

Does it really matter? Homeless is homeless. He is where he is.

@@IIII...... That's not true in divorce, illness, lost job and too old to get another and having no friends. Lots of people in those situations.

He is a teacher,go back to work.Teachers are needed.Only half a story was told.

I'm of the same view. Instead of buying a house, I spent 5% and bought a car. Luckily, the rear seats fold flat and the centre console raises, so I can lie flat, all 6"2' of me, and sleep comfortably. I'd be lost without it, probably sleeping on concrete.

Not true! Unemployment here in the country that Scott is from is 3.9%! Work is easy and abundant. Learn an extra skill or do an extra qualification - there is subsidised (heavily subsidised if need be (100%)).

Exactly

"Like most Australians" Dude...we're a population of over 26 million, so there's some variables there I reckon...70% of us live in major cities...are you aware of the cost of rent, fuel, food going up, the average salary of a teacher? How are we supposed to put money away when it's all being spent on living ya nonce. This guy was in hospital for 6 months, and had a recovery period of 24 months...I may have some savings, but not 2 years salary worth.

The world is owned, nothing free about it. The last few years should be a lesson on preparation for the worst.

People are really bad with money.

Don’t bother, it’s become a horrid place