Anglicare’s 10th annual snapshot of the rental market has highlighted the woeful inadequacy of Australia’s social housing, which is failing dismally to keep pace with demand. From The Guardian:
“This is a wake-up call,” the report said. “What this snapshot shows is that finding an affordable home in the private rental market is a complete fiction for people on low incomes. Resourcefulness and sacrifice is the only thing keeping a roof over the heads of many Australians”.
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
