Space is scarce in Natasha’s* family home in Gippsland in regional Victoria, where up to five children and two adults share the three-bedroom home, along with their cat and two pet ducks. The cramped quarters can lead to household tension. “It doesn’t fit all of us,” she says.
A portable two-bedroom apartment, planted in their back yard, has eased those concerns. The Indigenous mother and stepmother of five says she noticed a profound change in her 18-year-old son, Dylan*, when he started living in the studio.
