Cheryl Rowe never thought she'd spend two years living in a tent, worrying during every winter storm that her shelter would collapse on top of her again.
Cheryl Rowe never thought she'd spend two years living in a tent, worrying during every winter storm that her shelter would collapse on top of her again.
"I was in my part of the tent one night and the whole roof, with the heavy rain, came down on top of me, and I had this huge mound of water sitting on my back.Ms Rowe has given up hope of finding an affordable rental around Margaret River, where the median rental price for a house is $680 per week."You've got a lot of Airbnbs. I clean a lot of them, and half of them are not getting used," she said.
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