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Byron Bay’s rental crisis enters ‘uncharted territory’ as professionals, volunteers struggle to secure lease – ABC News
You used to be able to rent a house in Byron Bay for about $400 a week. Now you’d be lucky to lease a garage for that much. As the crisis worsens, not even solicitors…
After years of supporting others to find secure accommodation, Cherie Bromley never imagined she would find herself on the receiving end of the housing crisis on the far north coast of New South Wales.
Key points:
- Valuable members of regional communities are being forced out of the area due to a shortage of affordable rental properties
- A woman who applied for rental properties says she was told the successful applicants offered to pay $100 more than the advertised price
- The head of a homeless support…
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