Housing crisis desperation

July 4, 2012, 6:18 pm Laura Sparkes Today Tonight

As rents keep rising and public housing fails to keep up with demand, more people are roughing it, including a mum and son forced to live in a tent.

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The housing crisis that just keeps getting worse has meant that Debra Souter and her five-year-old son are now amongst the 100,000 Australians who can't afford a roof over their heads.

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