'Inconsiderate vagrants': The mean-spirited view on the homeless

By Aisha Dow
Updated July 25 2016 - 10:13pm, first published 9:29pm
A makeshift homeless shelter in Treasury Gardens.  Photo: Pat Scala
A makeshift homeless shelter in Treasury Gardens. Photo: Pat Scala
Homeless people say they are often made to feel unwelcome in Melbourne. Photo: Jesse Marlow
Homeless people say they are often made to feel unwelcome in Melbourne. Photo: Jesse Marlow

There was instant outrage when a photo emerged this week of a sign posted outside a Bank of Melbourne branch in Footscray calling a rough sleeper "inconsiderate" for sheltering in the bank's foyer.

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