When will we talk about housing affordability for Australians who can’t get on the property ladder? | Jennifer Beveridge

Challenges for low-to-middle-income renters are systemic but the major parties are mainly talking about homebuyers and mortgages

“Rental prices have exploded, making it near impossible to find a new home and keep myself and my children in our community … It is extremely stressful not being able to feel secure in our home.”

Working in a grassroots tenants organisation, we hear these anguished accounts too often – this one is from a single mother in Gippsland. The other day, it was an office cleaner renting a modest annexe in Melbourne’s outer north, who was debating whether to cut off electricity or pay overdue rent.

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