THE Department of Housing is trying to evict a mother from her public housing home after her son was charged with a series of neighbourhood burglaries.
The department sought an eviction order against the mother, who has lived in the same southside Brisbane house for 18 years, because of complaints about her son's "objectionable behaviour".
The boy, 14, is yet to face court for the alleged break and enters and attempted break-ins at neighbourhood homes.
Some of the alleged victims live either side of the family and two other victims live in a neighbouring street.
Sergeant Peter Rowlands, of Morningside police, told a Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing that stolen property from one of the burgled neighbouring homes had been found in the boy's house.
An alleged victim who lives in a nearby street told the hearing how he came home last month to discover his house had been broken into and property stolen.
The resident said a few days later, after he had changed the locks, a neighbour phoned to tell him his house was in the process of being broken into again.
Another resident told how frightened she was when she heard someone trying to break into her house on February 18 and thought somebody might be inside.
She said her house was now locked up "like a fortress", and since being told that the alleged offender lived less than 100 metres away, she had become too scared to even hang out washing at night.
"I'm frightened of living in my own house," she said.
The boy, who has mental health problems, is to receive support from Micah Projects and be involved in a Child Safety program.
QCAT adjudicator John Bertelsen said if the boy was found guilty of the offences he would make an eviction order, but at this stage there was insufficient evidence.
He adjourned the case for eight weeks.
