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Australia’s rental crisis forcing parents to raise children in caravans and sharehouses, inquiry hears
Publisher/s
The Guardian
Author/s
Cait Kelly
Abstract
A Senate inquiry heard almost 650,000 households across Australia were in severe housing stress, with stories of renters struggling amid soaring prices and low vacancy rates.
Australia’s rental crisis is forcing young mothers to raise newborns in sharehouses while other parents are choosing to move into caravans because of steep rental increases, a Senate inquiry has heard. The inquiry on Wednesday heard that almost 650,000 households across Australia were in severe housing stress, with stories of renters struggling amid soaring prices and low vacancy rates.