A teenager in Queensland has shared the heartbreaking story of being forced to live in a tent with his father amid the state’s housing crisis.

Kailaeb Vescio-Stanley, 17, revealed he has been living in a tent in a Brisbane park with his dad for two weeks while they struggle to find a home.

The teenager told Sunrise, that he and his father had tried to apply for housing but needed more assistance.

“Some nights I don’t get enough sleep and some nights I can,” he said.

“I see heaps of people doing it rough, and the majority of people I see doing it rough in parks are actually teenagers.”

His statement came after more than 40 representatives from government agencies met to discuss the state’s escalating housing crisis in a follow-up meeting to the housing crisis summit in November 2022.

Rents have increased faster in Queensland than any other state or territory, with low-income and regional households copping the brunt of it, according to a Queensland Council of Social Service report.

Annastacia Palaszczuk recently announced Queensland tenants' rent would only increase once a year instead of every six months under a state government proposal to stop the price hike.

“The great majority of landlords do the right thing and look after their tenants, for those who don’t, this is a wake-up call,” the premier said.

The change will see Queensland meet the limits on the frequency of rent increases in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, SA and the ACT.

Currently, there is a six-month limit in both WA and the NT but only applied if increases are written into the lease agreement.

Property Council of Australia executive director Jen Williams said the meeting was focused on how to best help those in desperate need of support, like Kailaeb.

There are both support measures and supply measures and there are the very immediate people like Kailaeb,” she said.

“Then there’s the short, medium and long-term (questions) about how do we actually get more houses across the board to make sure that we don’t find ourselves in this situation again.”

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