In my perfect Servants world we would not see the mental and physical health of our resos collapse. In my perfect Servants world I would never. Ever. House somebody inappropriately – causing distress to other resos and staff. In my perfect Servants world everyone we house would value the opportunities that is given them by definition of calling a Servants house a Home. In my perfect Servants world all levels of Government would throw money at us to establish more housing, recognizing that we not only house people brilliantly but that we save the wider community hundreds of thousands of dollars annually as a result of our model. In my perfect Servants world the community would embrace and welcome the diversity that our resos bring to Hawthorn and Kew. In my perfect Servants world those who benefit from housing people in misery would be thrown in jail with the keys thrown away. In my perfect Servants world more people would look to us to see what community can really look like.

Until such a time as this utopian pipedream occurs I encourage us all – Committee, Housekeepers, Staff, Volunteers, Donors, Members, Friends – to keep fighting the good fight – bringing the respect and the dignity and the hope to those folks we have the privilege of housing, getting alongside and supporting.