Richard and Susanne Orlando spent last Christmas with their 16-year-old son, Wayde, in a single, cheap motel room. Unlike other guests, they weren’t travelling; the motel was emergency accommodation. The family had become homeless only days before.
The Orlandos had been evicted from their affordable housing property, one of 32,000 nationally that had been leased to renters under the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS).
