The two places Chris Stuart spends most of his time at are in his car and at the public library. One is his bedroom, his closet, his kitchen, his lounge room and his pantry; the other is his library.

The 52-year-old has spent the past five months sleeping between a knitted green, orange and yellow blanket, and the worn sheepskin cover on the reclined passenger seat of his white hatchback parked in western Sydney.

Chris Stuart, who has been living out of his car for five months and on and off for five years. Credit:Sahlan Hayes

"When you're more worried about someone stealing the food in your car, rather than stealing the actual car, you know you're in trouble," he said.