Perth’s rental crisis has worsened as unit and house rents reach fresh highs off the back of a record-low vacancy rate.
Tenants report being evicted with nowhere else to go as Melbourne’s rental crisis deepens and queues form for available properties.
It’s now the second most expensive capital in Australia to rent a typical unit. There are few homes available – and some suburbs are worse than others.
It has become easy for landlords and real estate agents to point to the recently expanded land tax as a reason for spiking rents. But it’s more complicated.
Gemma Toogood paid $875 a week in rent for a mould-riddled,rat-infested cottage. Do we still think that’s reasonable?
A typical house or unit in Sydney now costs $80 or more than a year ago,with scant relief for renters in sight.
It is the sprawling suburbs on Perth’s eastern fringe accommodating the lion’s share of the city’s post-COVID population boom. Here are the top 20.
Moving overseas highlighted that our national psyche is to see houses not as places merely to live,but an asset class that,for many,is a way to grow wealth.
Renters will prove a political powerhouse at the 2027 election. Will the Minns government have done enough to help them?
Two in three Queenslanders who have an air-conditioner say concerns about the cost of running it prevent them turning it on.
Many Australians report feeling unwell on hot days or in heatwaves,but not everyone has the same capacity to manage.