housing: The decline in affordable housing has prompted the organisation to declare that housing in Australia is broken . There is a huge shortage of secure, affordable rentals, Anglicare Australia executive director Kasy Chambers said, according to Nine News Australia. That's causing record levels of rental stress and even homelessness. To improve your experience update it here News National Fewer homes in reach of low income report By AAP12 05am Apr 29, Australians have fewer affordable rental homes available to them than a year ago, according to new analysis by Anglicare. The advocacy group surveyed private rental properties available across Australia on March 23, more than 69,000 in total. Only 317 of the homes - or 0.5 per cent - would be affordable for a single person receiving the disability support pension, compared to 0.72 per cent of rental housing being available for the group last year. It found that only one property would be affordable for a single person receiving either the Newstart or Youth Allowance welfare payments.
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