MANY of us will be looking forward to waking up on Christmas morning in our own homes, surrounded by our loved ones.
But for one family, their Christmas will be looking very different this year after they were made homeless shortly before.
Three months ago, Kate and Adam, residents of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, moved into a rental property with their three kids.
But struggling to afford skyrocketing rent prices, they sought a cheaper alternative.
As the family settled into their new home, they received a shocking phone call from their landlord, forcing them out of the property.
“They didn’t give us a reason on why they’re doing it,” dad-of-three Adam told A Current Affair.
“They literally just told us you got to vacate.”
Kate said she was “begging” the landlord on the phone to reconsider.
“When I found out I got a notice to leave, I said, ‘How are we meant to live?’”
Since being notified of their eviction, the family have been unable to secure a place to live and raise their three kids.
Instead, they have no choice but to live in a tent, leaving their three kids “frightened’ and “scared” for the future.
Adam, an ex-serviceman who currently operates in window repair, and Kate, who works in elderly care, have applied for several properties but have been unable to secure a place to live.
Instead, the family-of-five are currently packing up their lives into boxes, preparing for their life in a tent leaving the mum terrified for her kid’s future.
“Are we going to be safe in tents?” she asked ACA. “Where are we going to have showers? Where are we going to have meals?”
She also worries about the future of the kids’ schooling, facing an uphill battle as they adjust to their new life.
Sadly Kate and Adam are far from the only family to be experiencing homelessness this Christmas.
Last week we told you about how Adam, his wife and two children found themselves suddenly homeless when their landlord wanted to sell the property they had rented for eight years in West Bromwich.
The electrician and his wife, who works as a teaching assistant, had always paid their rent on time.
But their landlord notified the family in September that he intended to sell their home just as Holly, 12, was starting secondary school.
This story originally appeared on Kidspot and has been republished here with permission.
