My family and I are homeless in Australia, trapped in a vicious cycle of seeking help where none is available | Stephanie Valla
As a single mother, I am trying so hard for the sake of my kids. But support services are overwhelmed and there’s no affordable housing anywhere
I am a single mother of three children ages seven, nine and 17. We are currently homeless and living in a caravan in a friend’s front yard in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne.
We had 30 days to leave our rental house after I, with help of a legal aide, sought for the property’s minimum standards be upheld. I was hoping this would lead to repairs being made at the house. Instead, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal – Vcat – deemed the property “uninhabitable” due to a water leak causing structural issues, as well as mould and mushrooms growing from the walls, posing a threat to our health.
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