Homeless people evicted from Perth hotel to be given new government accommodation

The WA Department of Communities has engaged with a group of vulnerable homeless people at the centre of a stoush between an inner city hotel and the state government, saying it will provide alternative accommodation to those willing to accept it.

The Perth City Apartment Hotel has been housing homeless people that had been kicked out of Fremantle’s tent city.

Owner Eddie Kamil argued the WA government should be paying for the accommodation, saying it had “promised” to do so.

But the government rejects his claims, saying the rooms were…