Daughter told to pack up and leave by her landlord after allowing her cancer-stricken mother to crash on her couch at Melbourne rental

A woman and her 12-year-old daughter are in danger of being thrown out on the street, partly because she let her homeless mother crash on the couch.

Kim Noetzel, 35, has been given a 14-day eviction notice ordering her to leave the three-bedroom house in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburb of Frankston because her mother, who has cancer, has been there since late July.

Ms Noetzel said she was stunned when she received the eviction notice from Ray White Frankston, the agent managing the property for the landlord.

“I cried a lot all weekend and thought ‘s**t, my life sucks,'” she told Ny Breaking Australia.

Ms Noetzel’s 67-year-old mother, who receives an old-age pension, moved into the house after being evicted from her previous home because she fell behind on rent.

“I don’t receive any kind of income from her as they claim,” Ms. Noetzel said.

“She has no discernible income and is undergoing cancer treatment.”

Shortly after admitting her mother, Mrs. Noetzel said she notified Ray White.

“I told them that my mother had a cat and some birds and that they would all be staying with us temporarily,” Ms. Noetzel said.

“They said it was fine as long as it was temporary.”

Ms Noetzel, who has lived in the Wangarra Road property since May and has a one-year lease, insists her mother has tried to find a place she can afford but has been unable to due to the ‘crazy’ housing shortage .

She said her mother was sleeping on the couch while she and her daughter used mattresses on the floor because they didn’t have enough money to get all their furniture from a previous rental home.

Ray White told Ny Breaking Australia on Wednesday that Ms Noetzel is being evicted because she is two months behind on rent and does not want to add her mother to the lease.

“I understand that the tenant’s mother is living in the building with animals, rabbits, a dog and a cat,” a spokesperson said.

‘The tenant has also been in arrears for some time and the owner is not happy that he does not know who lives in his building and that there are pets in the building without formal permission.’

‘The rental provider was advised that the tenant’s mother would be staying alone in the property between the properties and that has now been over six months and he is concerned about damage to pets and above normal wear and tear to the property as there is now another adult lives in the building. .’

Because the home is carpeted, the agency said the landlord feared it would be damaged by the pets

Ray White said they defined subletting ‘a’s any person(s) who are not considered dependents and who live permanently in the home and who have not received formal permission from the landlord to live in the home.’

The agency said it will always “inform all our rental providers of the options available to them under the Residential Tenancies Act.”

“Ultimately, we will always act according to our owner’s instructions,” the spokesperson said.

Ms Noetzel insists her rent has been paid, although she admits there was a period earlier this year when she was out of work and unable to pay.

“There were a few months where I didn’t have a decent income and I had to tell them, ‘It’s going to be tight and I’m going to pay you what I can, when I can,’ and they said, ‘That’s fine.’ “.’

She says there is no dog and the officer agreed to the other animals.

“The rabbits had pet requests that I put in for each rabbit, just like I did for my daughter’s anxiety attacks,” she said.

‘The landlord had fourteen days to reject or compromise, but they never said anything. The cat belongs to my mother and the officer agreed to it.”

Ms. Noetzel also said the property has been inspected since her mother moved there.

“He (the property manager) looked around and said to me, ‘It looks great, it looks fantastically clean, I can’t fault you,’” Ms. Noetzel said.

“That makes me think, ‘What’s the problem, I don’t understand?’

Mrs. Noetzel speaks to a lawyer about her situation, but says she is at her wits’ end.

The stress is also felt by family members, because her mother ‘can’t really cope’ with the impending deportation.

‘She suffers from depression. We all have some form of depression,” Ms. Noetzel said.

‘She has developed a bit of post-traumatic stress from her experience. I try to keep her happy and positive and contact Housing Victoria to tell them the situation

‘My daughter is also very afraid. Next year she’s going to high school and now she says, ‘I can’t go to that high school.’

Even obtaining free help has proven difficult.

“When I went to call the Victorian Tenants’ Union support line I got a message saying the phone line was only open from 9.30am to 1.30pm,” Ms Noetzel said.

‘I was like, “There’s a housing crisis, people need help!”