The 44-year-old has spent much of the past two months sleeping in his car or at a makeshift campsite, as he battles against a system he believes has ignored him.

But Loddon Mallee Housing chief executive officer Ken Marchingo has revealed support for homeless people has never been greater in the region.

He said the organisation had purchased another 53 units (of housing) within the past fortnight for emergency cases.

The homeless man - who contacted The Advertiser last week to discuss his plight - has an acquired brain injury and a history of alcohol and drug abuse.

"I’ve been living like an animal for the past eight weeks or so," the man said.

"You don’t realise how many people are homeless until you’re out and about, just walking around talking to people.

"When you’re a bit scruffy, people tend to come up and talk to you - if they’re homeless."

The man criticised an interim housing system which he believes is in need of a drastic overhaul to ensure people don’t fall through the cracks.

"I realise there’s plenty of people who are homeless, and I’m trying to help them out, too. When I was in interim housing, I put people up on my couch," said the man, who was evicted from public housing last month.

"We’re all pigeonholed - we get stuck in interim housing," he said.

"I’ve been in prison, but I’ve done my time for my stupidity... I was adopted and, in the house I grew up in, there were problems with alcohol and abuse," he said.

"How can you win?

"People wonder why I’m fighting the system so hard, it’s because you can’t win."

Mr Marchingo said homelessness was well and truly on the political radar, considering the recent Federal Government focus on the issue.

"Clearly it is a massive issue in Australian society. In Bendigo it is as much of an issue as it is anywhere," he said.

"In Bendigo we see about 9000 people a year coming through our services.

"Some of them come through the door once and some of them are very regular visitors.