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Calls for government departments to work with families after suicide linked to public housing rejection

Sept. 17, 2024 - 12:40 By ABC NEWS (Australia)

The family of a man who took his life two weeks after being rejected from the public housing waitlist for damaging property, say the Department of Communities needs to communicate more with tenants' families. It comes ahead of a Supreme Court challenge tomorrow that could change the way public housing evictions are handled. A warning, this story discusses suicide and includes the image of an Indigenous person who has died.