A mother of five says she was told to lie about how many children she had in order to secure rental accommodation, as the peak body for carers in Queensland says the state government has an “ethical and moral obligation” to intervene in the market.
In its submission to an inquiry examining a Greens proposal to freeze rents, Carers Queensland said the Logan family with five children – two of whom are registered with the NDIS – received no prior warning before they were issued with a rent increase of $170 a week.
