Stories about the housing market will never fail to shake us here at SDC.

A 53-year-old woman from Sydney–we’ll call her Cathy, though that is not her real name–has become the latest victim of the nation’s escalating housing crisis after being evicted from her home due to falling behind on rent. Despite her best efforts to find alternative housing, Cathy was unable to secure a new place to live and faced the devastating reality of homelessness..

Cathy had to make the heartbreaking decision to leave her beloved cat behind after she began living in her car. Her story caught the attention of many animal and human rights advocates.

Cathy was living in a western Sydney apartment building with her beloved cat Sage when COVID-19 hit and her wages at work – as a professional cook – were drastically cut. She quickly fell into rent arrears, and despite currently working 50 hours a week, was told she must leave the building on January 26.

It was a heart-wrenching situation, made worse by the fact that she had no choice but to leave Sage behind in the apartment foyer with food, water, and some bedding.

That same week, temperatures soared over 30°C meaning that Cathy, who had nowhere else to go, was reduced to living in her car.

Cathy shared her experience when she was forced to move out of her apartment after falling short of hundreds of dollars in rent. (Photo for illustration). Credit: Pexels/Mart Production.

'It’s traumatic not having a roof over your head and there’s no privacy,' she recalled.

'You can’t just put on a happy face and everything’s okay. You try to manage with what you’ve got.'

Her only time worse than huddling in her sweat-soaked, 'boiling' car in the middle of the hot summer was when she had to limit her water intake to prevent herself from needing a bathroom.

'I was having trouble holding myself… there were times I had to go down to the beach and go,' Cathy said.

'And that was just horrible to think that I’d have to crouch down and go when I was busting.'

Amidst the struggles, something miraculous happened – an exceedingly kind-hearted and generous stranger-turned-friend stepped in and changed Cathy’s life.

Derek Knox, the founder of Mini Kitty Commune, read about her crisis on the news and decided that he, and his entire team of volunteers, must help.

'This was someone who cared so much about her cat,' he said. 'What happened to Cathy should not happen. She is working, she is part of society.'

He donated to Cathy himself and rallied nearly every member of his group to help, too. Within hours, offers for spare rooms and couches for long-term lodging came pouring in.

Mr Knox also worked tirelessly to find Cathy accommodation and eventually managed to track down a granny flat that would accept her cat.

Finally, after weeks of worry, sadness, and stress, Sage and Cathy were reunited; and she was given a chance at life somewhere she could call ‘home’.

Mr Knox’s actions not only did wonders for Cathy’s situation but also raised attention to the fatal flaws in the current state of the housing crisis in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs, where the median house price is over $3.5 million.

Cathy had to leave her cat, Sage, as the conditions in the car she was sleeping in might kill the animal. Credit: Australian Research Centre.

The NSW government has granted over $1.2 billion towards housing programs for 2022-2023; however, opposition homelessness spokesperson, Rose Jackson, condemns the government’s failure to offer sufficient assistance to the people who need it most.

'The stories I hear almost every day of older women struggling in the private rental market, waiting for social housing, or living in forms of homelessness, tell the story of a failure that isn’t about numbers or statistics, but about people left behind by this government,' she said.

Cathy’s experience is, unfortunately, not unique or isolated. According to the last census, women aged 55 and over were the fastest-growing group of homeless Australians between the years 2011-2016.

Yumi Lee, CEO of the advocacy and support group Older Women’s Network (OWN), believes that women are being disproportionately impacted due to an existing gender pay gap, along with the fact that our society simply does not value the hard work of women.

'A lot of the women who are now retiring into poverty and housing insecurity have not had the opportunity to accumulate savings and superannuation to enable them to retire in comfort and with a roof over their heads.'

Key Takeaways

• A Sydney woman was evicted from her rent-subsidised apartment, leaving her homeless with no choice but to live in her car.
• She left a note for her neighbours explaining her heartbreaking decision to leave her cat behind in the foyer.
• The NSW government has allocated over $1.2 billion towards housing programs, however, the shadow minister for homelessness believes the response has failed many people.
• Advocacy and support groups, such as Older Women’s Network (OWN), are advocating for the government to do more to provide secure and affordable housing for older people.

Members, this heartbreaking story is a reminder of the real people behind the statistics of Australia’s housing crisis.

It’s important to remember that there are charities and organisations that can assist.

Some organisations include:

• Habitat for Humanity Australia
• Community Housing Industry Association
• Housing All Australians
• Housing Choices Australia

And of course, we must join forces in urging our government to implement policies that protect the rights of every Australian to affordable housing, such as establishing a specialist housing service for older people.

Help break the silence by sharing your own stories in the comments below, or sharing any organisations or charities which are helping with the housing crisis. Have you been affected by the housing crisis?

 

[Cyberchook]

Who is actually running this country? We have gone so far backwards with the cost of living for a large part of our communities especially women 50 plus, through no fault of their own. The imbalance of Government payouts and support is obviously never designed to help these good ladies. It is deplorable, Australia is socially divided and adding to the population with ongoing high immigration numbers continuing and nowhere to house them is to me a very poor choice of looking after the struggling people already here. Rent control should be one of the first restrictions implemented when essential costs escalate as they are and will continue to. The rising numbers of forced homeless because they are put out of the homes they live in by the abnormally rising rents is very concerning.

 

[Suzanne rose]

My eldest daughter is struggling she is turning 46 and a single mum to 3. She is always behind in her rent and several times been threatened of eviction.
I have helped her alot but there is only so much we can do.

She is at tafe doing a course to do social work but I've told her she needs a real job.
She is on the housing commission waiting list but it will still be maybe 10 years or more.
Horrible thing is if she was on drugs she would get it straight away
So drugs out weigh children

Another daughter is married with one child. They are renting a unit with old carpet and applied for other rentals due to their babies allergies and either the rents are way over what they both make or what they can afford ( $550 aweek) then there are like 50 going for it. They are always in front with rent .

The price of property both rental and for sale is so ridiculously high I am so glad I paid of my home years ago

 

[ShannyN]

while this is not nice and I'm glad she got housed. Lets look at my current situation. After 4 yrs my owner is selling hence my lease expires in May this year.

I have already started looking and making applications for rentals. I am on a DSP, without any debts, except ongoing food, rego fuel etc.

I have NO credit cards and no other source of income. I am getting no nibbles with rental accom I can afford to rent as the rental market here on the Fraser Coast (QLD) is just ridiculous,
Ppl are bidding higher than advertised rent and offering 6 mths in advance rent to secure places (I'm sure this happens elsewhere also.)

I am single with no family or friends that are in a position to offer a room or money

So I must stay in the area as I'm completing Chemotherapy for Bowel Cancer and need to be able to visit the Oncologist as well as have a colonoscopy in May to see if the surgery went to plan.

So I probably will be sleeping in the back seat of a car, that needs 3k of repairs to keep it in good shape, that I don't have.

The state housing which I have been on their books for 10 yrs plus wont touch me as I'm not in their preferred category of needy. Whatever that means. Probably I'm not a refugee, Indigenous or female with kids?

So anyone want to start a go fund for a new MG SUV?

I figure if I'm to live in a car it may as well be a SUV with fold down seats and new with warranty

Thanks for listening to my whinge, needed to get it out there and off my chest

 

[Catherines]

Stories about the housing market will never fail to shake us here at SDC.

A 53-year-old woman from Sydney–we’ll call her Cathy, though that is not her real name–has become the latest victim of the nation’s escalating housing crisis after being evicted from her home due to falling behind on rent. Despite her best efforts to find alternative housing, Cathy was unable to secure a new place to live and faced the devastating reality of homelessness..

Cathy had to make the heartbreaking decision to leave her beloved cat behind after she began living in her car. Her story caught the attention of many animal and human rights advocates.

Cathy was living in a western Sydney apartment building with her beloved cat Sage when COVID-19 hit and her wages at work – as a professional cook – were drastically cut. She quickly fell into rent arrears, and despite currently working 50 hours a week, was told she must leave the building on January 26.

It was a heart-wrenching situation, made worse by the fact that she had no choice but to leave Sage behind in the apartment foyer with food, water, and some bedding.

That same week, temperatures soared over 30°C meaning that Cathy, who had nowhere else to go, was reduced to living in her car.

Cathy shared her experience when she was forced to move out of her apartment after falling short of hundreds of dollars in rent. (Photo for illustration). Credit: Pexels/Mart Production.

'It’s traumatic not having a roof over your head and there’s no privacy,' she recalled.

'You can’t just put on a happy face and everything’s okay. You try to manage with what you’ve got.'

Her only time worse than huddling in her sweat-soaked, 'boiling' car in the middle of the hot summer was when she had to limit her water intake to prevent herself from needing a bathroom.

'I was having trouble holding myself… there were times I had to go down to the beach and go,' Cathy said.

'And that was just horrible to think that I’d have to crouch down and go when I was busting.'

Amidst the struggles, something miraculous happened – an exceedingly kind-hearted and generous stranger-turned-friend stepped in and changed Cathy’s life.

Derek Knox, the founder of Mini Kitty Commune, read about her crisis on the news and decided that he, and his entire team of volunteers, must help.

'This was someone who cared so much about her cat,' he said. 'What happened to Cathy should not happen. She is working, she is part of society.'

He donated to Cathy himself and rallied nearly every member of his group to help, too. Within hours, offers for spare rooms and couches for long-term lodging came pouring in.

Mr Knox also worked tirelessly to find Cathy accommodation and eventually managed to track down a granny flat that would accept her cat.

Finally, after weeks of worry, sadness, and stress, Sage and Cathy were reunited; and she was given a chance at life somewhere she could call ‘home’.

Mr Knox’s actions not only did wonders for Cathy’s situation but also raised attention to the fatal flaws in the current state of the housing crisis in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs, where the median house price is over $3.5 million.

Cathy had to leave her cat, Sage, as the conditions in the car she was sleeping in might kill the animal. Credit: Australian Research Centre.

The NSW government has granted over $1.2 billion towards housing programs for 2022-2023; however, opposition homelessness spokesperson, Rose Jackson, condemns the government’s failure to offer sufficient assistance to the people who need it most.

'The stories I hear almost every day of older women struggling in the private rental market, waiting for social housing, or living in forms of homelessness, tell the story of a failure that isn’t about numbers or statistics, but about people left behind by this government,' she said.

Cathy’s experience is, unfortunately, not unique or isolated. According to the last census, women aged 55 and over were the fastest-growing group of homeless Australians between the years 2011-2016.

Yumi Lee, CEO of the advocacy and support group Older Women’s Network (OWN), believes that women are being disproportionately impacted due to an existing gender pay gap, along with the fact that our society simply does not value the hard work of women.

'A lot of the women who are now retiring into poverty and housing insecurity have not had the opportunity to accumulate savings and superannuation to enable them to retire in comfort and with a roof over their heads.'

Key Takeaways

• A Sydney woman was evicted from her rent-subsidised apartment, leaving her homeless with no choice but to live in her car.
• She left a note for her neighbours explaining her heartbreaking decision to leave her cat behind in the foyer.
• The NSW government has allocated over $1.2 billion towards housing programs, however, the shadow minister for homelessness believes the response has failed many people.
• Advocacy and support groups, such as Older Women’s Network (OWN), are advocating for the government to do more to provide secure and affordable housing for older people.

Members, this heartbreaking story is a reminder of the real people behind the statistics of Australia’s housing crisis.

It’s important to remember that there are charities and organisations that can assist.

Some organisations include:

• Habitat for Humanity Australia
• Community Housing Industry Association
• Housing All Australians
• Housing Choices Australia

And of course, we must join forces in urging our government to implement policies that protect the rights of every Australian to affordable housing, such as establishing a specialist housing service for older people.

Help break the silence by sharing your own stories in the comments below, or sharing any organisations or charities which are helping with the housing crisis. Have you been affected by the housing crisis?

 

[Catherines]

My honest belief - I could be wrong with many jumping down my throat about my opinion - is that the blame for high sales costs lies with real estate companies. Why is purchasing a house so high?? Who is profiting from sales & the commission that goes with it? Amen.

 

[SGH]

Who on earth want to live in these place that all these people are talking about. Eastern suburbs of Sydney, Sunshine Coast Queensland, honestly how much have you paid over the years in rent when you could have bought a house in the country for a quarter of the price.
I was bought up to believe that you rented only until you had saved enough for a deposit to buy a house. And that house probably would not be in the the city, it would be in the suburbs. And you put everything into paying off that property so when you retired the only thing you had to worry about was the rates, insurance, maintenance and keeping the grass mowed.
Now everyone wants to live in the city and stay there for the rest of their lives in housing commission accommodation on government pensions, assuming it is their entitlement. Well sorry no it does not work that way. I'm a baby boomer and I am a self funded retiree, why, because I got sick and could not work anymore and because I am married I am not entitled to any government benefits. All those years that I worked and paid my taxes were basically going to Centrelink recipients, but when I became unable to work through illness, because of a marriage certificate I could not claim one cent.
So dont tell me you have to stay in locale, or you are fighting your eviction notice, because your landlord could be just a elderly couple who bought an investment property years ago and haven't charged you the going rate just enough to cover the land and water rates. But then maintenance problems start occurring a new roof, guttering, plumbing, etc. just remember its the owner who pays for all of this and where does it come from, your rent.

 

[Luckyus]

Stories about the housing market will never fail to shake us here at SDC.

A 53-year-old woman from Sydney–we’ll call her Cathy, though that is not her real name–has become the latest victim of the nation’s escalating housing crisis after being evicted from her home due to falling behind on rent. Despite her best efforts to find alternative housing, Cathy was unable to secure a new place to live and faced the devastating reality of homelessness..

Cathy had to make the heartbreaking decision to leave her beloved cat behind after she began living in her car. Her story caught the attention of many animal and human rights advocates.

Cathy was living in a western Sydney apartment building with her beloved cat Sage when COVID-19 hit and her wages at work – as a professional cook – were drastically cut. She quickly fell into rent arrears, and despite currently working 50 hours a week, was told she must leave the building on January 26.

It was a heart-wrenching situation, made worse by the fact that she had no choice but to leave Sage behind in the apartment foyer with food, water, and some bedding.

That same week, temperatures soared over 30°C meaning that Cathy, who had nowhere else to go, was reduced to living in her car.

Cathy shared her experience when she was forced to move out of her apartment after falling short of hundreds of dollars in rent. (Photo for illustration). Credit: Pexels/Mart Production.

'It’s traumatic not having a roof over your head and there’s no privacy,' she recalled.

'You can’t just put on a happy face and everything’s okay. You try to manage with what you’ve got.'

Her only time worse than huddling in her sweat-soaked, 'boiling' car in the middle of the hot summer was when she had to limit her water intake to prevent herself from needing a bathroom.

'I was having trouble holding myself… there were times I had to go down to the beach and go,' Cathy said.

'And that was just horrible to think that I’d have to crouch down and go when I was busting.'

Amidst the struggles, something miraculous happened – an exceedingly kind-hearted and generous stranger-turned-friend stepped in and changed Cathy’s life.

Derek Knox, the founder of Mini Kitty Commune, read about her crisis on the news and decided that he, and his entire team of volunteers, must help.

'This was someone who cared so much about her cat,' he said. 'What happened to Cathy should not happen. She is working, she is part of society.'

He donated to Cathy himself and rallied nearly every member of his group to help, too. Within hours, offers for spare rooms and couches for long-term lodging came pouring in.

Mr Knox also worked tirelessly to find Cathy accommodation and eventually managed to track down a granny flat that would accept her cat.

Finally, after weeks of worry, sadness, and stress, Sage and Cathy were reunited; and she was given a chance at life somewhere she could call ‘home’.

Mr Knox’s actions not only did wonders for Cathy’s situation but also raised attention to the fatal flaws in the current state of the housing crisis in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs, where the median house price is over $3.5 million.

Cathy had to leave her cat, Sage, as the conditions in the car she was sleeping in might kill the animal. Credit: Australian Research Centre.

The NSW government has granted over $1.2 billion towards housing programs for 2022-2023; however, opposition homelessness spokesperson, Rose Jackson, condemns the government’s failure to offer sufficient assistance to the people who need it most.

'The stories I hear almost every day of older women struggling in the private rental market, waiting for social housing, or living in forms of homelessness, tell the story of a failure that isn’t about numbers or statistics, but about people left behind by this government,' she said.

Cathy’s experience is, unfortunately, not unique or isolated. According to the last census, women aged 55 and over were the fastest-growing group of homeless Australians between the years 2011-2016.

Yumi Lee, CEO of the advocacy and support group Older Women’s Network (OWN), believes that women are being disproportionately impacted due to an existing gender pay gap, along with the fact that our society simply does not value the hard work of women.

'A lot of the women who are now retiring into poverty and housing insecurity have not had the opportunity to accumulate savings and superannuation to enable them to retire in comfort and with a roof over their heads.'

Key Takeaways

• A Sydney woman was evicted from her rent-subsidised apartment, leaving her homeless with no choice but to live in her car.
• She left a note for her neighbours explaining her heartbreaking decision to leave her cat behind in the foyer.
• The NSW government has allocated over $1.2 billion towards housing programs, however, the shadow minister for homelessness believes the response has failed many people.
• Advocacy and support groups, such as Older Women’s Network (OWN), are advocating for the government to do more to provide secure and affordable housing for older people.

Members, this heartbreaking story is a reminder of the real people behind the statistics of Australia’s housing crisis.

It’s important to remember that there are charities and organisations that can assist.

Some organisations include:

• Habitat for Humanity Australia
• Community Housing Industry Association
• Housing All Australians
• Housing Choices Australia

And of course, we must join forces in urging our government to implement policies that protect the rights of every Australian to affordable housing, such as establishing a specialist housing service for older people.

Help break the silence by sharing your own stories in the comments below, or sharing any organisations or charities which are helping with the housing crisis. Have you been affected by the housing crisis?

There are a lot of shitbag money grubbing landlords out there who won't countenance any time or empathy on the plight of their long time renters, get them so they charge without any hassle, by the by I'm being polite by using the term shitbsg.

 

[Stanier123]

A message to all young people . Don’t skip school. Get a job, save, don’t buy stuff you cant afford, don’t spend what you don’t have and make sure you don’t end up in this situation. All parents should make their kids read this story.

im sorry for folks who end up without a roof over their heads. I don’t understand how all these folks left Australia during Covid and are yet to come back. Where were they living? How all of a sudden is there lack of housing?

 

[Catherines]

Greedy landlords, greedy real estate!! That is still my opinion.

You don’t need everything that opens & closes all at the same time. It will be difficult but once you start and see the sense in the advice - before you get to a destitute situation - buy one thing at a time, buy only what you can afford (& have saved up for) not everything everyone else has is the message to all young people. First school, job, buy what you can afford, (not buy everything at once to outdo your friends or satisfy your ego). When I got married we made a budget- regular bills like rent, estimate of food cost, electricity, gas, transport etc (the regular expenses) then multiplied those figures (monthly, weekly or fortnightly expenses) by the number of payments in the year; we then divided that by our wage rate (weekly, fortnightly, monthly depending on how you got paid). Every week we put aside that proportion of our wage into a separate account for expenses ONLY. Too many spend in a haphazard way exhausting all of a weekly wage & wondering where money for the next unexpected bill is coming from. It is difficult to start up this type of savings but it worked & we didn’t have superannuation to fall back on in retirement in the 60s & 70s or big wages then. My sons occasionally didn’t want clothes from Kmart but we were the providers and gave what we could afford, not what they wanted!

Sorry to spout, but starting with your children early is the way to go. It is difficult to pick yourself up once in a bad expense situation, so start slow & you will get there. This is my message to school age children entering this big bad world of temptation. My heartfelt and sincere thoughts to those who now find themselves in a bad place but there is help out there for you, so God Bless & see you through this in some way.

 

[Stanier123]

Those landlords you complain about worked hard and saved to invest in housing. If they hadn’t there wouldn’t be the properties available to rent. They have been hit with increased mortgage rates, higher labour costs, higher insurance costs, more defaulters on rent etc etc.

the Reserve Bank uses interest rates to banks to quell demand. This unfairly targets owners or property and only slower reduces inflation. Governments state and federal should agree on a luxury GST rate of say 25%. This will target imports as our manufacturing industry is shot.
The UK and other OECD countries have such taxes. Let the BMW and Mercedes buyers pay. Such a measure would be swift in reducing demand, would improve our balance of payments and leave renters out of the inflation equation.

 

[ShannyN]

Those landlords you complain about worked hard and saved to invest in housing. If they hadn’t there wouldn’t be the properties available to rent. They have been hit with increased mortgage rates, higher labour costs, higher insurance costs, more defaulters on rent etc etc.

the Reserve Bank uses interest rates to banks to quell demand. This unfairly targets owners or property and only slower reduces inflation. Governments state and federal should agree on a luxury GST rate of say 25%. This will target imports as our manufacturing industry is shot.
The UK and other OECD countries have such taxes. Let the BMW and Mercedes buyers pay. Such a measure would be swift in reducing demand, would improve our balance of payments and leave renters out of the inflation equation.

Sounds like you are a Landlord mate
I am renting being kicked out due to greedy interstate LL selling. she inherited the unit no mortgage etc was paid of 25 yrs ago, yet the r/e etc says rental increase last 2 leases as owners mortgage has gone up many owners/LL are scum, using any excuse to cash grab.

If you invest in anything whether its shares commodities, diamonds gold crypto etc you go into that investment knowing it could crash and you can lose a lot, you plan for that worse place scenario so when it crashes you arse is covered?

Except for real estate apparently.

Then they all complain, want govt to bail em out at every excuse make their investment industry exempt from inflation crying into their drink as they gouge everyone and make lots of money.

The ones that have my sympathy are the first home buyers trying to get their roof over their heads and NOT investors

 

[Suzanne rose]

while this is not nice and I'm glad she got housed. Lets look at my current situation. After 4 yrs my owner is selling hence my lease expires in May this year.

I have already started looking and making applications for rentals. I am on a DSP, without any debts, except ongoing food, rego fuel etc.

I have NO credit cards and no other source of income. I am getting no nibbles with rental accom I can afford to rent as the rental market here on the Fraser Cost (QLD) is just ridiculous,
Ppl are bidding higher than advertised rent and offering 6 mths in advance rent to secure places (I'm sure this happens elsewhere also.)

I am single with no family or friends that are in a position to offer a room or money

So I must stay in the area as I'm completing Chemotherapy for Bowel Cancer and need to be able to visit the Oncologist as well as have a colonoscopy in May to see if the surgery went to plan.

So I probably will be sleeping in the back seat of a car, that needs 3k of repairs to keep it in good shape, that I don't have.

The state housing which I have been on their books for 10 yrs plus wont touch me as I'm not in their preferred category of needy. Whatever that means. Probably I'm not a refugee, Indigenous or female with kids?

So anyone want to start a go fund for a new MG SUV?

I figure if I'm to live in a car it may as well be a SUV with fold down seats and new with warranty

Thanks for listening to my whinge, needed to get it out there and off my chest

You need to get reports from your doctor and surgeon and if possible turn up on the doorstop of depth of housing. If you can't get in there then call and tell them your story and that you have doctors reports. If this doesn't work then go public, newspaper or TV .

Do you have an NDIS worker . Is their an aged care office near you both of these can help find you a place .

I wish you all the best. I wished I could help you. Please keep us posted

 

[ShannyN]

You need to get reports from your doctor and surgeon and if possible turn up on the doorstop of depth of housing. If you can't get in there then call and tell them your story and that you have doctors reports. If this doesn't work then go public, newspaper or TV .

Do you have an NDIS worker . Is their an aged care office near you both of these can help find you a place .

I wish you all the best. I wished I could help you. Please keep us posted

have Drs report stating I'm on Chemo, stressed out cannot function and will need to be offered housing near to Hospital etc housing worker was very nice but hinted keep looking privately as we really don't have anything etc. NDIS and My aged care are a travesty was supposed to have home help via approved myagedcare when I first came outta hospital as I was cut open to complete the bowel /colon removal couldn't bend stretch etc . myagedcare couldn't care less and 3 mths later rang to check if I needed help saying assessor said I was low needs !!!

Have great references but no applications are getting approved. I'm reluctant to go 60 minutes as that can prejudice a lot of help organisations etc

Maybe sdc can get a go fund me going ? what about it Maddie?

 

[Suzanne rose]

Have you spoken to your realestate office they should be able to find you something and just transfer your bond ect .

As for packing and moving try someone like salvos

A gofund me page would raise money but not a place to live.

You won't raise enough money to buy a place.

Maybe Maddie knows away of help in finding you a rental.

I'm more than happy to make calls.

That picture reminds me of my stomach except my cut goes the other way.

 

[ShannyN]

Have you spoken to your realestate office they should be able to find you something and just transfer your bond ect .

As for packing and moving try someone like salvos

A gofund me page would raise money but not a place to live.

You won't raise enough money to buy a place.

Maybe Maddie knows away of help in finding you a rental.

I'm more than happy to make calls.

That picture reminds me of my stomach except my cut goes the other way.

Many thanks for your comments and offers to help.

Re: Go Fund
I was thinking more along the go fund reason I mentioned previously if I am forced to sleep in car best to have a new suv where I can lay down etc and be assured it wont break down as current car needs work on rear diff rubbers etc

Current real estate has nothing on books at the max rent I can afford sadly, they are behind me where they can as they know I am clean, sober tenant and rent is paid via Centrepay so no defaults ever

I'm finding many r/e will NOT accept bond transfers why I don't know, maybe they want all bond and advance rent prior to lease rather than bond after rental,

There is way too much digital id required photos of license etc for this 100 points crap are disconcerting, esp when 1 r/e is using some Irish app that on play store in the part that says what info will be shared says we control all and can sell all kind of response,

After Optus being hacked and months of waiting for a new license and Medicare card etc I have concerns however the r/e in question will not use any other contact etc. I have a profile with realestate.com and kinds trust that but not many will accept that for applications Arggh

 

[Suzanne rose]

Many thanks for your comments and offers to help.

Re: Go Fund
I was thinking more along the go fund reason I mentioned previously if I am forced to sleep in car best to have a new suv where I can lay down etc and be assured it wont break down as current car needs work on rear diff rubbers etc

Current real estate has nothing on books at the max rent I can afford sadly, they are behind me where they can as they know I am clean, sober tenant and rent is paid via Centrepay so no defaults ever

I'm finding many r/e will NOT accept bond transfers why I don't know, maybe they want all bond and advance rent prior to lease rather than bond after rental,

There is way too much digital id required photos of license etc for this 100 points crap are disconcerting, esp when 1 r/e is using some Irish app that on play store in the part that says what info will be shared says we control all and can sell all kind of response,

After Optus being hacked and months of waiting for a new license and Medicare card etc I have concerns however the r/e in question will not use any other contact etc. I have a profile with realestate.com and kinds trust that but not many will accept that for applications Arggh

Just checking you live in Fraser Cost QLD how much rent can you afford

 

[ShannyN]

Just checking you live in Fraser Cost QLD how much rent can you afford

yes live close to Maryborough and maxed out at 280 applied for everything from mb to Hervey bay, Bundy and as far away as Bargara.
All on realestate.com and domain.com inc. NRAS stuff as I'm NRAS approved, as soon as anything within budget comes up I have application in by end of day. so just by volume I should get at least shortlisted you'd think.
Lease is up mid May but I need to find something 4 weeks prior to allow move, clean, apply for bond loan rather than wait for release and transfer of bond etc.

R/E agent has indicated owner should release me early without penalty should I find a place, hence me looking now.

 

[Stanier123]

Sounds like you are a Landlord mate
I am renting being kicked out due to greedy interstate LL selling. she inherited the unit no mortgage etc was paid of 25 yrs ago, yet the r/e etc says rental increase last 2 leases as owners mortgage has gone up many owners/LL are scum, using any excuse to cash grab.

If you invest in anything whether its shares commodities, diamonds gold crypto etc you go into that investment knowing it could crash and you can lose a lot, you plan for that worse place scenario so when it crashes you arse is covered?

Except for real estate apparently.

Then they all complain, want govt to bail em out at every excuse make their investment industry exempt from inflation crying into their drink as they gouge everyone and make lots of money.

The ones that have my sympathy are the first home buyers trying to get their roof over their heads and NOT investors

Actually we do own properties and have no mortgages and never negatively geared them. The house family who do not pay rent, rates or other services. I don’t drink smoke or gamble. My hard earned went into buying these for the future.

The reality is that governments encourage building, just like the Chinese, to keep the great unwashed in work. The downside of all their schemes is to drive up the price of dwellings. This is with negative gearing, first home owners grants etc.

I left school at 15, did an apprenticeship and then became a professional engineer. Still working at 73!
My parents taught me that there is no free lunch, persist and prevail is the only way to survive.

if you made mistakes early in life by skiving off, smoking, drinking, gambling and spending more than you have, you now have the consequences to deal with in trying to rent.

The fault lies with you. The problem with socialism is that socialists soon run out of other people’s money.

 

[Stanier123]

A tuall

Sounds like you are a Landlord mate
I am renting being kicked out due to greedy interstate LL selling. she inherited the unit no mortgage etc was paid of 25 yrs ago, yet the r/e etc says rental increase last 2 leases as owners mortgage has gone up many owners/LL are scum, using any excuse to cash grab.

If you invest in anything whether its shares commodities, diamonds gold crypto etc you go into that investment knowing it could crash and you can lose a lot, you plan for that worse place scenario so when it crashes you arse is covered?

Except for real estate apparently.

Then they all complain, want govt to bail em out at every excuse make their investment industry exempt from inflation crying into their drink as they gouge everyone and make lots of money.

The ones that have my sympathy are the first home buyers trying to get their roof over their heads and NOT investors