Private renters are doing it tough in outer suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne
- Written by Alan Morris, Research Professor, University of Technology Sydney
In low-rent outer suburbs, almost one in six households could not afford to keep their house cool and went without meals.ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock
Private renting continues to expand at the expense of home ownership, newly released ABS statistics show. More than one in four Australians (27%) are now tenants of a private landlord (2017-18). Only...
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