Blame game, boiling tensions and criminal charges overshadow housing plea at 'tent city' Blame game, boiling tensions and criminal charges overshadow housing plea at 'tent city' As Perth’s housing crisis spirals, pregnant women, elderly people, and young mothers are among those who have been sleeping in $12 tents in a Fremantle park since Boxing Day. Credit:Marta Pascual Juanola Normal text size Very large text size Gema Blasco almost had her throat slit, thugs threatened to break her legs, and thieves stole her mobile phone to lure her to dark alleyways, all in the span of a year and a half living on the streets of Perth.