A) The majority of homeless are homeless because of mental...

A) The majority of homeless are homeless because of mental health not financial issue
B) those that are homeless for purely financial reasons are competing for services with the backlog of mental health issue ones
C) You cannot treat one without the other - the LNP is not interested in treating mental health issues

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/health-of-people-experiencing-homelessness
On Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census night in 2021, more than 122,000 people were estimated to be experiencing homelessness in Australia, up from 116,000 (an increase of 5.2%) since 2016. Of the people experiencing homelessness in 2021, 56% were male, 58% were younger than 35 and 20% identified as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) origin (ABS 2023).

Of people experiencing homelessness in Australia in 2021:

• 47,900 (39%) were living in 'severely' crowded dwellings
• 24,300 (20%) were in supported accommodation for the homeless
• 7,600 (6.2%) were living in improvised dwellings, tents or sleeping out (also termed rough sleeping) (ABS 2023).