NO PLACE TO CALL HOME

CITY’S RENTAL CRISIS FORCING GRIEVING WIDOW ON TO STREET

A TOWNSVILLE mum lost her husband, then her house, and is now on the verge of homelessness as she grapples with the region’s rental crisis.

But Sabina Van Stelten is not alone.

She’s among multiple stranded women who are struggling to find a place to call home as the region’s rental crisis worsens.

Mrs Van Stelten, a nurse, has been searching for a rental property for five weeks. She was told she needed to be out of her Douglas home on October 25 after it went on the market, but it’s been impossible to find a place suitable for her son and three pets.

Picture: Shae Beplate Sabina Van Stelten fears she will be homeless if she can't find a rental by the end of this month.