Solving the Housing Crisis by Bringing in a Flood of Migrants By James Reed
At present the Labor government is undertaking the largest migration program in Australia’s recent history. The usual bs is rolled out, like a skills shortage, but there has been a skills shortage since Adam was a migrant. No, it is all about our evil corporates making up for the dollars that might have been lost with the Covid shamdemic. That one was given to Big Pharma, now it is the lower level corporates, especially in the real estate industry, that want their bite of the apple. Naturally, a housing/rental crisis is great for them; supply and demand and all that.
It would be nice to think that just once Aussies could take a stand against the immigration tyranny. Here, I will hold my breath while waiting. Meanwhile, every Australian city is set to be like this, a Hunger Games battle for space:
“The devastating property crisis has caused one Australian city to descend into a “Hunger Games” style of chaos as desperate renters battle it out to find a home.
Brisbane is reportedly crumbling under near-record low vacancy rates, with experts warning there is no end in sight to the state’s debilitating housing crisis.
Vulnerable tenants are bearing the brunt as they are now being slugged an average of $56 more per week than when the state government held its flagship housing summit eight months ago.
There are also fears the continued tinkering of rental reforms has spooked investors.
Now the true distressing and devastating impact of the rental crisis has been revealed, thanks to an investigation led by the Courier-Mail.
The outlet reported some real estate agents ae limiting property viewings, while many tenants were going to extreme lengths to secure a property, including submitting high-level resumes and offering cash in advance.
Many caravan parks are also reported to have zero vacancies, while some parents and their children have been forced to live in motels for months on end.
There are even people being forced to find strangers online to live with in a desperate bid to keep themselves off the streets.
Since the government’s housing summit in October 2022, the average weekly rent in Brisbane has climbed 10 per cent, from $560 to $616, or about $2900 a year.
This is more than five times the rate of Queensland Premier Anna Palaszczuk’s $550 cost-of-living relief payment.
In that time, the rental vacancy rate has barely shifted – from 0.8 per cent to 1 per cent.
The influx of international students returning to Queensland post-pandemic has also sparked concerns because the supply of rental properties will likely be further affected.
Mum-of-three Jessica Tracy Taylor revealed that she has lived in a caravan park since September 2022.
The 23-year-old said she has applied for more than 800 properties – all of which were rejected.
Despite the cramped conditions, Ms Taylor – whose youngest child is just four weeks old – was still being slugged $480 a week, stating she felt “hopeless” about finding a home for her family.”
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