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Some homeless people living on Perth's streets are spending more than $1000 a day, homeless service providers said.
They said the money was acquired through theft and sex to feed their drug habits, reports news.com.au
Colin Medling, a network director of Northbridge-based drop-in centre Genesis, said he was aware of some homeless people spending up to $1100 a day on heroin and pharmaceutical drugs.
Mr Medling said homelessness was not decreasing and people were being forced on to the streets for “myriad reasons”.
“Sexual abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, gambling, mental illness - these are just some of the reasons people find themselves out on the streets,” he said.
“The basis, however, for all of these problems would be dysfunctional families from the very start."
