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Coming Home

Coming Home

Written by: Juno
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 Coming Home traces the lives of three women from childhood to adulthood through their experiences of homelessness, to eventually finding safety and a place to call home. Hosted by Kate Lawrence, this podcast looks deeply at how women's homelessness is fundamentally different to men's and the systemic drivers that lead to women becoming homeless: gender inequality, economic disadvantage, family violence, and the unaffordable housing market in Australia. From Juno, this is Coming Home.
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Episodes
  • Bonus: Meet the Makers

    Bonus: Meet the Makers
    Nov 3 2021
    In this bonus episode, Neen, Kiara and Mary meet each other for the first time. Along with Pai from Juno and Kate the audio producer, the women gather on Zoom to debrief about their experiences of being in and creating Coming Home.
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    33 mins
  • 06: Long Road Home

    06: Long Road Home
    Oct 19 2021
    Kiara is forced to move house time and time again to deal with her ex-husband’s abuse, Mary can’t believe the support ‘King Jimmy’ receives when he gets out of jail, and Neen is rewarded for her persistence with a remote and detached system and finally finds a forever home.

    We learn about the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence and the counterproductive way that the Australian government funds a range of social services before funding housing. We also explore some of the ways we can take action for change.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 05: Home to Nowhere

    05: Home to Nowhere
    Oct 12 2021
    Neen teeters on the knife-edge of homelessness, living in a caravan and not getting anywhere in the housing system. Mary, pregnant with a two-year-old, bounces between accommodation trying to protect herself and her child whilst surviving on dismal government subsidies. Kiara goes further into housing debt as she looks after her four children, while hoping her husband will change.

    We explore the history of our social housing system and the mess that is the housing support system today. We deepen our understanding of why women’s homelessness looks different, the damage it creates, and the stigmas and prejudice attached to homelessness, especially for women and children.
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    59 mins
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