Perth family forced to move into a tent as Australia's housing crisis worsens trends now
A mother and her four children have been forced to live in a tent after losing their entire home in a fire amid Australia's worsening housing crisis.
Kristine Meakins, and her four kids, aged two, five, eight and 15, have been living in a tent at a caravan park in Perth's south for the past two weeks.
Her rental home in Rockingham had burnt down in January, leaving the Meakins family with nothing.
They've been put on the priority list for social housing and Ms Meakins said she's submitted 50 applications for rental homes, all to no avail.
'This isn't liveable. You are not supposed to live this way,' she told the ABC in between tears.
Kristine Meakins, and her four kids, aged two, five, eight and 15, have been living in a tent at a caravan park in Perth 's south for the past two weeks
After their house burnt down, Ms Meakins bought camping gear, mattresses and a stove but said the first campsite they went to kicked them out after three days.
The family have then moved around from various caravan parks, but it's becoming increasingly more difficult to find somewhere to sleep.
'I just felt angry, really, really angry, because not everyone's house burns down and not everyone has to watch
