At Birrong, the former homeless show the other side of the Millers Point sales

By Jacob Saulwick
September 25 2016 - 12:15am
Michael Barbour, who had been homeless, at his new Birrong flat. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Michael Barbour, who had been homeless, at his new Birrong flat. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Partners in Recovery helped Michael Barbour onto the public housing waiting list. "Certainly life has improved," he says. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Partners in Recovery helped Michael Barbour onto the public housing waiting list. "Certainly life has improved," he says. Photo: Louise Kennerley

The view from Michael Barbour's Birrong apartment is not Sydney Harbour. But it's not bad – a sunny perch looking out onto the red roofs and eucalypts of middle-ring Sydney suburbia.

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