“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.
