Calls for more investment in social housing for essential workers

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

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

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Published 22 October 2024 12:18pm

By Catriona Stirrat

Presented by Dilail Abimanyu

Source: SBS

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

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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