Mr Bowen said he was alerted to the issue last year when a report tabled with the council’s social inclusion plan revealed Randwick City had the second-highest number of homeless people in the Sydney metropolitan region.
“Growing up in the area over the years I have seen an increase in homeless people and not just in the town centres but city-wide,” Cr Bowen said.
“I think a sign of our civilised society is how you treat your most vulnerable people, so anything we can do to help we should do it.”
Cr Bowen said the issue had been made worse by the closure of a number of boarding houses and rising property prices.
He said he would call on his fellow councillors’ support at the meeting next Tuesday to raise awareness of the plight of homeless people in Randwick and to inform people about ways they can help.
Mission Australia’s homeless outreach service, Missionbeat, patrols inner Sydney streets. Call them on 1800 306 461.
Readers were also invited to comment about the need to curb homelessness in Randwick on the Southern Courier website.
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