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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Stephanie Convery

Desperate tenants are turning to crowdfunding to pay for housing amid Australia’s rental crisis

Louise Scarff and her three children standing in front of a campervan
Louise Scarff let her friend set up a campaign to help her buy a campervan after she received six weeks’ notice to vacate her rental home of seven years. Photograph: Supplied

The unbearable costs and instability of the rental crisis are pushing more people towards crowdfunding for accommodation, with housing-related appeals on one of Australia’s biggest fundraising platforms more than quadrupling over the past year.

The campaigns range from requests for assistance with rental arrears and covering the costs of temporary accommodation, to appeals for help to buy caravans or other forms of mobile accommodation in the face of homelessness.

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