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Australian housing system ‘broken’ with more than half of low-income renters facing rental stress – The Guardian
Demand for homelessness services has also soared, with no progress made in a decade, according to Productivity Commission
Demand for homelessness services has soared with more than half of all low-income renters facing rental stress, a new report shows, prompting warnings about the looming cuts to the jobseeker payment.
The Productivity Commissions report on government services, released on Wednesday, found no progress has been made in improving access to homelessness support or rental stress in the past decade.
Rental stress defined as spending more than 30% of gross income on rent was affecting 50.2% of low-income…
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