Every day I try not to show my children how agonising it is to live under Australia’s ‘safety net’ for when people are at their most vulnerable
‘For the last two months I haven’t been able to pay my rent in full and I know that if I was with a real estate agent, I would have been evicted weeks ago.’‘For the last two months I haven’t been able to pay my rent in full and I know that if I was with a real estate agent, I would have been evicted weeks ago.’t started in July 2020. My relationship was over; it was brutal and public. We had no home, no school, no playgroup, and no doctor.
I share mine and my children’s story because it happens in a moment. I tell it because it can happen to anyone, at any time.That moment happened to me and my children. And every day since, I have been watching my family slip further into a deep dark lonely hole. All of that is long gone, as is the coronavirus supplement. My family went through something awful but was only supported in a meaningful way because we were living a global pandemic.I pay the rent every second week. For the last two months I haven’t been able to pay my rent in full and I know that if I was with a real estate agent, I would have been evicted weeks ago.