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Rental struggle

May 11, 2022

Sky has been to more than 50 house inspections in Melbourne’s outer south in the past three months, looking for a new private rental for her and her five children.

She is paying $520 a week for her current four-bedroom house, which is about half her income on a single parent carer allowance, so she can’t afford to pay much more.

Read full article: abc news 10 May 2022

 

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