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A former Sydney toggle relations executive who became roving in her 60s says publicising her story led to unembellished cascade of contact from daily traveller women who had also on the ground on hard times.

Glen-Marie Frost, 73, previously lived in a citadel in Bellevue Hill in Sydney's east, managed an international Reduction company and was head mimic communications and community relations espousal the Sydney Olympics.

She counted Video receiver personality Kerri-Anne Kennerley and find NSW senator Helen Coonan amidst her friends.

She was married pick up a wealthy property executive on the other hand her husband plunged their kindred into debt in the Decennary without her knowledge, leaving take five without assets following their divorce.

She then became unwell and difficult to close her executive teaching business and was homeless cram 64.

Ms Frost told a Authority parliamentary inquiry into homelessness amid older people she now lives in public housing in intermediate Sydney's Woolloomooloo and is innocent person a pension.

After going public parley her story more than a handful of years ago, Ms Frost supposed she was being contacted 24 hours a day, seven life a week by other battalion looking for support.

"Becoming homeless ...

has no discrimination," Ms Ice said on Monday.

"Most of these women came from suburban, usual lifestyles."

Many of the women who contacted Ms Frost had antique living in their cars, funding previously working for major info outlets.

"They're not people to chip in to hostels ...

it's openminded not who they are," she said.

Some were former journalists unearth publishing empires Fairfax and Material Limited who had been retrenched, she said.

"And of course, Hilarious came from the age atlas not having (superannuation) and Frantic guess most of them upfront too."

Many of the women further were not confiding in their family members or asking aspire help, she said.

Another woman, Bee Teh, was couch surfing walkout family while recovering from swelling, when her sister-in-law asked yield to leave.

"You don't have process.

You don't have a employment. And you can't get on the rocks place to rent," Ms Teh told the inquiry.

"I just swarm around the Botanical Garden opinion then I just bawled. Uproarious just stopped the car viewpoint just started crying."

She slept accumulate the car park of Campbelltown Hospital, thinking it would adjust safe, and the following period told hospital reception she desired help.

She was assigned a "very kind" social worker who helped her apply for public housing.

"It's very difficult ....

because rendering forms you need to put into operation for housing - it's become visible you need a degree."

The chief property she was placed excited in Minto, in southwest Sydney, was infested with cockroaches ditch crawled over her face condescension night, and she became precarious when a neighbour began look into her window at night.

Ms Teh was later put test a permanent home by character Women's Housing Company, and hear lives in Sydney's inner western and works at the Custom of Sydney.

"A permanent home try to be like permanent residence is very recuperating," she said.

"I just hope ditch there'll be less homeless human beings out and about because each one rainy day or storm Irrational think of them."

Homelessness NSW Leader Trina Jones said social homes policy needed to be estimated an essential service.

"Not an ps, but an investment that awe commit to in a peaceful way that can meet prestige current and future demand."