Elderly and low income earners living in tents amid Queensland s growing rental crisis
FriFriday 19
FebFebruary 2021 at 8:30pm
Hervey Bay woman Cindy McLeoud said she was forced to camp in the park because there are no rentals available.
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A tent village has appeared in Hervey Bay, on Queensland s Fraser Coast, full of locals with nowhere else to go.
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About 40 to 50 people are turning up for rental inspections
Support providers are warning homelessness is a state-wide problem
Queensland s growing rental crisis has led to a spike in homelessness, with lower income earners and vulnerable people finding it too competitive to get a roof over their head.