An Aussie family is being forced to move into a tent after being served an eviction notice as the country's housing crisis and cost of living continue to rise.
Queensland couple Kate and Adam moved with their three children three months ago to a rental property in Toowoomba, 125km west of Brisbane.
They had to leave the capital behind because they could not pay the sky-high rents.
With fate taking a cruel turn, their landlord forces the young family to leave.
Kate and Sam (pictured) have been forced to move into a tent after their landlord evicted them from their rental property
“They haven't given us a reason why they're doing it. They literally told us you had to leave,” Adam said A current issue.
Kate said she was devastated and begged the landlord to change her mind.
“I begged him, I cried on the phone,” she said.
“When I found out I was being ordered to leave, I said, how are we going to live?”
The young family is struggling to secure a new rental property in the current real estate market, so they are bracing themselves to move into a tent to keep a roof over their heads.
Adam is an ex-military officer and currently works as a window cleaner, while Kate works in aged care.
Another Queensland man, Chris, moved into a tent city at Musgrave Park in Brisbane's south after being priced out of the private rental market.
“I was desperate for a place to live, I couldn't compete with those 52 people who got a lease on my own,” he said.
Australians are increasingly flocking to 'tent cities' as the country's housing crisis continues (pictured are tents in Brisbane)
Tamika Smith has developed a possible solution to the state's housing crisis by making affordable, prefabricated homes in factories.
Ms Smith says the services of her construction company My Bella Casa could easily be scaled up to help those in need, but says her proposals to the Government have fallen on deaf ears.
“There is a huge demand at the moment and I think the critical point that we are seeing is that there are currently no incentives for supply across the country, but there is increasing pressure on demand,” she said.
The vacancy rate in Australia remained at a record low for the third month in a row in November, at just 0.8 percent.
“A chronic shortage of rental properties in combination with strong overseas migration and rising real estate prices against increasing demand are driving the competitive nature of the rental market,” according to real estate site Domain.