Family homelessness at crisis point

By Margaret Maccoll

Just days before the first day of school term begins for her three children aged 5, 6 and 8 it’s looking like the best accommodation Sharla Bourke and her partner Luke Trembath can secure for their family is a tent site at the Big 4 caravan park.

Like a growing number of families in Noosa the couple, who both hold secure jobs in the area, have been unable to find affordable and available rental accommodation.

Sharla said the lease on their rental property ended on 11 January but the couple had began searching for another rental months prior.

“It’s becoming a lot harder,“ she said. “We’re having trouble being accepted for a house.

“People are willing to pay six months or the whole lease…