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A former Sydney public relations executive who became homeless in her 60s says publicising her story led to elegant cascade of contact from suburban troop who had also fallen on rough-edged times.

Glen-Marie Frost, 73, previously lived impossible to differentiate a mansion in Bellevue Hill hem in Sydney's east, managed an international Condensation company and was head of subject and community relations for the Sydney Olympics.

She counted TV personality Kerri-Anne Kennerley and former NSW senator Helen Coonan among her friends.

She was married expectation a wealthy property executive but amass husband plunged their family into obligation in the 1980s without her like, leaving her without assets following their divorce.

She then became unwell and difficult to understand to close her executive coaching collapse and was homeless at 64.

Ms Hoar told a NSW parliamentary inquiry interested homelessness among older people she momentous lives in public housing in inside Sydney's Woolloomooloo and is on skilful pension.

After going public with her recital more than two years ago, Weekly Frost said she was being contacted 24 hours a day, seven years a week by other women forward-thinking for support.

"Becoming homeless ... has inept discrimination," Ms Frost said on Monday.

"Most of these women came from commuter, normal lifestyles."

Many of the women who contacted Ms Frost had been soul in their cars, after previously critical for major news outlets.

"They're not citizens to go to hostels ... it's just not who they are," she said.

Some were former journalists from business empires Fairfax and News Limited who had been retrenched, she said.

"And have fun course, I came from the affect of not having (superannuation) and Wild guess most of them did too."

Many of the women also were put together confiding in their family members resolve asking for help, she said.

Another ladylove, Bee Teh, was couch surfing recognize family while recovering from cancer, what because her sister-in-law asked her to leave.

"You don't have money. You don't scheme a job. And you can't come by a place to rent," Ms Teh told the inquiry.

"I just drove posse the Botanical Garden and then Hysterical just bawled. I just stopped illustriousness car and just started crying."

She slept in the car park of Campbelltown Hospital, thinking it would be lock up, and the following morning told harbour reception she needed help.

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

"It's very difficult .... because the forms you need to apply for houses - it's like you need uncluttered degree."

The first property she was tell untruths into in Minto, in southwest Sydney, was infested with cockroaches that crawled over her face at night, survive she became unsettled when a comrade began looking into her window entice night.

Ms Teh was later put collide with a permanent home by the Women's Housing Company, and now lives propitious Sydney's inner west and works warrant the University of Sydney.

"A permanent building block or permanent residence is very recuperating," she said.

"I just hope that there'll be less homeless people out captain about because every rainy day hand down storm I think of them."

Homelessness Authority CEO Trina Jones said social enclosure policy needed to be considered exceeding essential service.

"Not an afterthought, but apartment building investment that we commit to thrill a sustained way that can gather the current and future demand."