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Anglicare Australia has warned the housing crisis could become a permanent feature of the system, as its latest rental affordability snapshot shows people on the lowest incomes have no access to the private rental market.
The Snapshot surveyed nearly 49,000 rental listings across Australia and found that:
Just 1 rental (0%) nationwide was affordable for a person on jobseeker
0 rentals (0%) were affordable for a person on youth allowance
Just 0.2% of rentals were affordable for a single person on the age pension
A full-time minimum wage worker could afford just 0.5% of listings
Even a couple with two minimum-wage incomes could afford only 14.8% of rentals.
The housing crisis is not a short-term shock. It is a design feature of the system.
For people on the lowest incomes, the private rental market has all but disappeared. There are no affordable homes for young people out of work, and just one across the entire country for someone on jobseeker.
Continue reading...Source: Guardian - World News
