Kylie Johnson has experienced sleepless nights and fears of homelessness after struggling to pay rent due to financial hardship and health setbacks.

The Canberra mother and former business owner said her family was kept afloat by the ACT government's Rent Relief Fund (RRF).

"I would be living in my car now [without it] because it gave me the time to work out what I was going to do … I was just so overwhelmed," Ms Johnson recalled.

She said she had received an eviction notice on her Canberra rental, and in desperation, she had tried to sell assets, rehome her dogs, and was ringing local charities.

She was even forced to put back groceries at the check-out until the RRF gave her a reprieve.

'Short-sighted call'

The scheme was delivered by Care Financial and it gave tenants in private r

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