c/australia · by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone · 1y

Anglicare’s Rental Affordability Snapshot 2025 | Anglicare

https://www.anglicare.org.au/research-and-advocacy/rental-affordability-snapshot-2025/

Of 13,334 advertised rental properties...

6 Were affordable and appropriate for a couple on the Age Pension

2 Were affordable and appropriate for a family with 2 children on JobSeeker

21 Were affordable and appropriate for a single person on the minimum wage single parent

0 Were affordable and appropriate for a single parent on Parenting Payment

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grogreen@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Or maybe look at both of those and why single parent payment is so crap

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y

shameful

so much blame on negative gearing for high prices and cost of housing

but I think we need to take a very close look at the real estate industry, how they inflate house prices and how they gouge both landlords and tenants with fees based on rental price.