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Fremantle âtent cityâ homeless sleep in a park despite promise of beds Save Normal text size Advertisement Last week was filled with unbelievable scenes as the government took extraordinary measures to dismantle a controversial homeless camp in Fremantle, amid claims it was run by professional protesters and beds were available to rough sleepers who wanted help. Meanwhile, the state government has only added 24 social housing properties in total to its stock in the past year and estimates only 47 more will be added in the next four years while 24,000 people sit on the waitlist. WAtoday sat with one of those rough sleepers this week as she searched for emergency shelter and was knocked back by every single provider, with one claiming they had been booked out for weeks. ....