Record high rents take a toll

Houses for sale and lease are advertised in the window of a real estate agent at Bondi in Sydney, Friday, April 24, 2009. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / TRACEY NEARMY/AAPIMAGE

Many Australians may be making sacrifices that is affecting their quality of life as they face record high rental prices. Authorities call on the government to act fact fast as the crisis force many more Australians into homelessness.

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