A mother-of-eight tells that she applied for 597 rental properties but was only awarded ONE… with a condition.
A mother of eight describes her exclusion from Australia’s renting market.
After her family home was flooded, she applied to hundreds of residences.
She claims that the only way she was able to purchase a home was by complying with a strange vendor requirement.
A mother-of-eight stated that hundreds of landlords refused to rent to her when she lost her house in the recent Queensland floods, until she was eventually handed a rental property with a catch.
Since losing her home in February, Nicole Kent has applied for a whopping 597 residences. However, despite months of searching, filling out papers, undergoing inspections, and making phone calls, 596 property owners have rejected or disregarded her application.
Even real estate representatives informed her that she would need to make significant life adjustments to even be considered.
Ms. Kent told Daily Mail Australia that she was advised to find a spouse in order to get a property.
After the owners learned she was a professional cleaner and requested she clean the home before moving in, she was ultimately allowed a residence.
After losing her house in the recent Queensland floods, Nicole Kent (pictured) was rejected or passed over for a whopping 596 rental opportunities before securing a residence.
In addition to seizing her security deposit and a few weeks’ rent, the owners of the rental property demanded that Ms. Kent clean the property before she could move in (Pictured: Ms Kent in her home)
The previous renters had wrecked the property, and the weary mother, who was unable to be with her cherished children throughout the house-hunting process, consented to the bizarre arrangement.
She remarked, “My children kept me going.” Since I can finally bring my children home, I felt both relieved and thrilled.
Unfortunately, one more unpleasant revelation awaited her.
She remarked, “I wasn’t angry about the arrangement until I visited the home and realized what it was like.”
I was quite irritated. The condition of the home was appalling.
Ms. Kent spent her first days at the residence just making it habitable, since the place was far from a home when she arrived.
“However, I set aside my feelings and focused on the positive, which was bringing my children home,” she said.
Ms. Kent, who was unable to live with her children throughout the house-hunting process, consented to the unusual proposition (pictured: Ms Kent and one of her children)
Ms. Kent appeared on television morning programs this week as the rental situation in southern Queensland continues to worsen (Pictured: Ms Kent in her home)
Ms. Kent spoke on television morning programs this week as the rental crisis in southern Queensland continued.
The market’s record-low vacancy rates make it more difficult than ever for prospective tenants to locate a place to live.
According to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland, the Southern Downs area of the state’s border with New South Wales has an absurdly low vacancy rate of 0.1%.
The organization considers a ‘tight’ market as having vacancy rates between 0 and 2.5%, while a ‘healthy’ market should have vacancy rates between 2.6% and 3.5%.