"Four. That was the number of places available to rent in all of Australia, affordable for a single person on JobSeeker, according to Anglicare Australia’s 2023 survey of 45,895 listings. All four were for rooms in share houses."
and after the Federal Budget increase which raised the rate of JobSeeker by $40 a fortnight, or $2.86 a day, and increased rental support?
five. five out of 46,000
The Saturday Paper

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The real forces driving Australia’s rental crisis

Despite increases to JobSeeker and rent assistance, the national housing crisis has reached a flashpoint – and most Australians are affected in one way or another.