Calls for more investment in social housing for essential workers

Full-time essential workers are being priced out of the rental market across Australia.

There are calls to build more social housing, as many essential workers report being in dire housing situations (AAP) Source: AAP / RICHARD WAINWRIGHT/AAPIMAGE

A new report by anti-poverty organisation Anglicare Australia is calling for the government to invest in more social housing, as it reveals less than one per cent of properties across the country are affordable for a number of essential workers.

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