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'Cascade effect' pushing people into homelessness after rental prices, property scarcity hit records

With the national rental vacancy rate at a record low for a fourth straight month, welfare workers say they are seeing more and more people being pushed into homelessness.

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Labor MPs condemn ‘discriminatory’ plan to increase jobseeker only for those over 55 in budget

Concerns growing that any changes to rental assistance will also fall along generational divides

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‘Emergency situation’: Homelessness ramps up amid rental crisis

The rental market has never been less affordable, and experts warn the lack of options will has already led to a spike in homelessness.

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Struggling university students scraping by on $13 a day

University students in rental accommodation have less than $15 a day for food, medicine and travel according to the results of a new analysis.

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Students left with $13 a day as youth allowance falls behind rent rises, analysis finds

Homelessness Australia report shows that after paying rent young people have little money to cover food, transport and utilities

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Homelessness Australia calls for increased support for young people in federal budget

The peak advocacy body for homeless services is calling on the federal government to increase support payments for renters in next month's budget.

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Labor social housing bill not enough to address older women homelessness spike, advocates say

Advocates say the federal government's housing plan is a good first step but is "insufficient" to help women aged 55 and older who are facing the highest rate of homelessness in a decade.

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Rents rising at slower pace despite 'record high' 10pc surge last year, CoreLogic says

Australian landlords passed on their biggest-ever rent increases in 2022, and the cost-of-living situation is unlikely to ease significantly for tenants in coming months.

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Demand for homelessness support soars

Thousands more Australians face homelessness as rising rents and cost of living pressure take their toll.

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‘It’s hard coming home to a tent’: the rise of Australia’s working homeless

People with jobs and families will be seeing out Christmas in camping grounds and motels, as experts warn of a new kind of crisis

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Jump in homelessness as Australia’s rental crisis pushes ‘overwhelmed system to breaking point’

Vulnerable people and regional areas hardest hit, report shows, as experts demand urgent action to increase affordable housing

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Young Victorians caught in cycle of homelessness despair of missed education

Campaigners call on state government to act on crisis, as most young people who approach homelessness services are turned away

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Rental price growth slows from unprecedented highs as tenants hit ‘affordability ceiling’

Experts say Australia is ‘definitely still in a rental crisis’ but there is only so much people can pay

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Australia’s regional property boom slows but housing stress still a major concern

Beach and country lifestyle areas show market weakness after record-breaking rises during the pandemic

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Rental stress hits families in Toowoomba with $15 standing between home and homelessness

Just $15 a week is all that stands between a secure home and homelessness for one family in a southern Queensland regional city.

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Housing crisis leaves opal miners with no choice but to live in a tent

Aaron and Skye Buschmann say their predicament is proof that no-one is immune to the housing crisis.

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Adam's hand-built throne shows life in social housing can be 'awesome', but finding a home still problematic

After struggling to find a home for two years, Adam Pippos finally secured a place in Queensland's strained social housing sector giving it his own unique twist.

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Regional homes vacant amid housing crisis

The Census has revealed more than 25 per cent of homes were unoccupied in some holiday hotspots.

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Bye-bye quarter-acre block: more Australians are living in apartments – but do they meet our needs?

Flats can offer an affordable alternative to a house, but regulations are needed to protect renters as the Hills hoist dream fades, experts say

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Pregnant and terrified, Tailah is moving into a tent with her young family

With rental prices at record highs in the regions, hundreds of applicants like Tailah Dippel are often competing for the same property — and residents in the Bundaberg community are reaching a breaking point.

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

Accommodation fundraising campaigns quadruple in past year, including appeals for rent and alternative housing like caravans

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With high prices and soaring rents, what are political parties promising to do about housing?

In an election campaign largely centred around the cost of living, the spiralling cost of the single-biggest expense for most households — housing — is a key focus for policy. Here's what's being promised.

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Rental crisis in marginal Gilmore seat has homeless people calling for more action ahead of election

A campground in Moruya, in the federal electorate of Gilmore, is a refuge for Perry and dozens of families without homes. They're desperate to know what the next government will do to solve the housing crisis.

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As rental crisis bites, Veronica knows what she’ll have to cut back on — food

Stagnant incomes and surging rents have collided, created a housing crisis in Australia. Great-grandmother Veronica Silva is one of millions caught in the middle and is being forced to move further away from her family.

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Fears thousands will become homeless when National Rental Affordability Scheme ends

With his rent set to almost double, George Parkyn and his dog, Baxter, could be homeless in a few weeks. He says there's no way he can afford to lease a property in the open market, and he's far from the only one.

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