Making Aussies Homeless By James Reed

The sad human-interest stories are piling up, as price hikes and massive competition from rentals is leading to a growth in homelessness. One can see these results, with more people sleeping rough, or living in their cars, and this will get worse later in the year when interest rates for housing loans, that were fixed, go up. And, add to this, the elites of Big Australia have told the federal government that they want to catch up on migrants missed, so 300,000 plus will come this year. Of course, the masses that come as international students, also looking for rental accommodation, although the rich buy up housing, make things even worse. But, that is all that Australia has been since the end of World War II, and the end of Anglo Australia; from a homeland to a global supermarket.

We are watching the Great Replacement in action.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-17/price-hikes-and-tough-competition-in-tight-sa-rental-market/102110094?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sf265128712&utm_campaign=abc_adelaide&utm_source=m.facebook.com&sf265128712=1

“Hayden Patterson says he applied for more than 400 rentals before finally landing a place in a share house in Adelaide's inner-south – then his rent increased.

Key points:

• The South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS) wants the state government to introduce caps on rental price increases
• Adelaide had one of the biggest annual median rental price hikes across the country last year
• SACOSS also wants the government to look into energy efficiency standards and longer-term leases

He said last year, before the price rise, he was already spending 80 per cent of his income on rent.

"Whereas just five years ago when I was in social housing, it was capped at 25 per cent," he said.

"So I literally have no extra money to go and do anything else."

But Mr Patterson said he was "not even contemplating" moving, given how difficult the rental market is.

"Prior to moving into this house I was actually homeless for 14 months," he said.

"I applied for 472 houses in my last year of being homeless."

Mr Patterson said he was initially told his lease would not be renewed this year, until a last minute change.

He said during that time, he attended 80 rental inspections and found "at least 30" people at each one.

"There's nothing more heartbreaking than seeing all that competition," he said.”