Thelma
QLD | Repower homesThelma has been a foster carer for 25 years. She is a pensioner, works at Mt Gravatt community centre and lives in public housing.
She has had to put in an air conditioner and overhead fans because the house is freezing in winter and boiling in summer
A couple of months ago, she was contacted by her electricity provider who said that she owed $690.
“That had to come out of my pension which left me just over $200 to buy food for myself and the child in my care at a time.”
“If we had solar panels like my neighbour does – who hasn’t had a bill in four years – it would be so much easier for me.”
Thelma wants support for renter and public housing tenants to help them install solar panels to help with the cost of living.