Homeless hotel guests face D-Day amid row over who should pay for their Perth accommodation
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Jme Jeanes (right), with her partner Dylan Garlett, says she feels like she s been dumped at the hotel.
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When Jme Jeanes wakes up this morning, she will have no idea where she is going to sleep tonight.
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A dispute has broken out over who is responsible for paying for their rooms
The tent city guests say they have no idea where they ll go if they re evicted
The 22-year-old is three months pregnant and has spent the last few weeks staying at a budget hotel in the Perth CBD after being kicked out of Fremantle s tent city.
Fight over rough sleepersâ $40,000 hotel bill takes a twist on revelation of fraud convictions
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A dispute over who should foot the bill for dozens of homeless people staying at a Perth hotel has taken an unexpected turn after it was revealed the two men running the venue are convicted fraudsters.
Perth City Apartment Hotel owner Eddie Kamil claims the state government owes him more than $40,000 for accommodating about 40 rough sleepers, who showed up in the days after Fremantleâs âtent cityâ was dismantled.
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