https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12902243/Cruel-response-Perth-single-mu...Jakki fears she will be left homeless after her rent was more than doubled.
This is the cruel response her real estate agent gave when the single mum asked for help
By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 11:50 AEDT, 27 December 2023
A single mum whose rent doubled days out from Christmas has revealed the cruel response from the real estate agent when she asked for help.
Jakki Brooking, 28, was recently informed that the rent on the Perth property she and son Levi had called home for the last six years would skyrocket from $300 a week to $630 from January 1 after it was sold to new owners.
The new rent was unaffordable, forcing the part-time nurse to scramble for alternative accommodation before the lease ended on January 1.
More then half of her income would have been eaten up by rent had she stayed, leaving little for other essential expenses, including her son’s appointments for his ADHD.
At her wit's end, an emotional Ms Brooking shared a heartbreaking video on TikTok, revealing that she had applied for dozens of rental properties but was rejected for all of them, despite proof of a stable income.
Fearing that she and her son may end up homeless, she recalled how she turned to her real estate agent as a last resort.