The WA Supreme Court has agreed to review Foundation Housing's eviction of an Indigenous family in Boorloo/Perth.
Foundation Housing has agreed not to evict Nicola Torres and her two daughters before the Supreme Court has heard a judicial review on 20 March.
A community picket led by the Renters And Housing Union Western Australia (RAHU WA) held off the bailiff for ten days until lawyers could get the matter to the Supreme Court.
Ms Torres fell behind on rent after a traumatic experience. She then paid off the debt in full, but Foundation Housing elected to proceed with evicting her.
The community picket began on January 6, the day Ms Torres and her children were due to be evicted.
At the time, she expressed her fears over returning to the waitlist for community and public housing which, she said, is now "over a decade".
Ms Torres said she was not sure what the family would do if evicted, short of "packing up the caravan and going wherever we can go".
"It's very concerning. It's not a safe place out there, especially... for young girls."
RAHU WA Delegate William B said on Monday the latest development was "a great win".
"The Renters and Housing Union is proud to have given single mother Nicola Torres and her young daughters a place to stay for another three months," he said.
"Many still believe that community housing is an equitable solution to the housing crisis. The attempted wrongful eviction of Nicola Torres by Foundation Housing proves that privatised models of housing are unfair and inadequate, and no substitute for public housing.
"Foundation Housing and the State Government presumably expected no resistance to the wrongful eviction. Let this be a warning to all landlords that try to screw tenants; we will stand together, we will fight, and we will win."