Australia’s housing affordability crisis shows no sign of easing. An average home price now exceeds A$1 million and a recent report found only a handful of rental properties nationwide are affordable for someone on government benefits. Vulnerable people are hit hardest – for example, there has been a 14% increase in women and girls seeking homelessness services.
Yet some councils want to evict people from their own homes. A couple in the Bega Valley, NSW, faces fines of $10,000 per day unless they remove or demolish their tiny house.
On the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, four tiny house owners are fighting council eviction. In Victoria’s Yarra Valley, a couple was told to demolish or rebuild to comply with the Building Code of Australia (BCA).
