Following a disagreement with a relative, Eric and Bec Reader just relocated from Western Australia to Brisbane.
After landing in Queensland, the parents were unable to continue paying for housing and are now living in a tent with their four-month-old son and daughter.
Sadly, I’ve ran out of money and am no longer able to do it. Today, Mr. Reader said, “I have to do what I have to do to maintain a roof over my family’s head.”
A young Australian couple have been forced to live in a tent with their two young children after being kicked out of their home and unable to afford a motel
The father said a family member had ’caused a hell of a lot of drama’ and kicked him out of the house.
Shortly after, the rest of his family had also been asked to leave.
‘Unfortunately, I was forced to move out of the house and stay in motels,’ he explained.
‘Now it got to the point where my wife and children have been kicked out of the house as well,’ Eric said.
The family are now living in a tent in Eight Mile Plains in the city’s south, using portable cooking equipment to prepare meals for the children.
‘We’ve just run out of money. We’ve run out of the ability to stay in motels. So now we’ve resorted to this,’ Eric told Today.
Eric and Bec Reader have been living in the tent in Eight Mile Plains, a suburb in Brisbane’s south
The mother provides comfort to their daughter by telling her they are just on a ‘little camping trip.’
‘It’s just telling her we’re going on a little camping trip.’
The family are now saving money to move down to Tasmania where they have family to stay with and a job opportunity, but they are struggling to afford the relocation.
The family are attempting to save money to relocate to Tasmania
The parents said they’re desperate to get their newborn son out of the tent, saying they need to get him somewhere ‘dry and warm’.
Despite several attempts to reach out to government services, the father said the system had let them down.
‘The worst part is I’ve contacted organisation after organisation. For example, I went to Centrelink and I was given a list of different services to call,’ he told Today.
‘I’d already called those services, and they told me they couldn’t do anything.’