Over 640,000 Australian households in housing stress, analysis using census data shows

 In a caravan park on a riverbank, Lisa Carter is getting the kids settled and fed after school.

It is like any other family's afternoon routine, except Ms Carter and her children are living in tents.

The single mother-of-three says there's no realistic prospect of renting with costs so high.

"I don't earn $30,000 a year, and I have kids that go to school so I can only work school hours, so there's no way my income would cover utilities, rent, insurances," she said, as children splash and screech in the caravan park pool nearby.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-22/families-left-living-in-tents-as-australian-housing-stress-grows/101680564



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