Latest rental affordability News

The National Rental Affordability Scheme has ended. What’s next for those who relied on it?
Statement From Leader Of Nationals 10 June
There Will Be No Winners With No Grounds Reform: REIWA
Rental Affordability Snapshot highlights urgent need for Budget action
Strong first quarter price growth for Perth property market: REIWA market forecast update
House prices rise as unfair tax breaks turbocharge crisis
Housing affordability declines in December 2025 quarter, rental affordability shows slight improvement
Lending data shows the worst of Australia’s housing crisis is yet to come
NSW Liberals and Nationals announce Shadow Parliamentary Secretaries
Thousands of affordable homes axed this year sparks call for more social housing
Apartment renters being smashed as Labor leaves rent increases uncapped 
Quarterly gains offset by annual slide in housing affordability in Western Australia
Home for Christmas: Anglicare saves 20 affordable homes for essential workers
“URGENT INTERVENTION NEEDED” GREENS SAY AFTER REPORT SHOWS HOUSING IS MORE UNAFFORDABLE THAN EVER
“URGENT INTERVENTION NEEDED” GREENS SAY AFTER REPORT SHOWS HOUSING IS MORE UNNAFORDABLE THAN EVER
Rental reforms taking effect today are major improvements for Victorian renters
“Rent controls work” Greens renew push as new data reveals dire rental crisis
With Adelaide rents now as bad as Sydney — immigration must be cut and supply increased
Dire rental affordability should be wake-up call for Labor
Perth tightens grip as most expensive city for renters while WA affordability crashes
Rental affordability stabilises at record lows in Queensland
Tasmania’s renters under strain as affordability dips
Rental affordability in regional Victoria declines to record low
Adelaide rental affordability stabilises at record low
ACT rental crisis persists for low-income households, latest Rental Affordability Index shows
Rental affordability stabilises at record low in Melbourne
Green shoots: marginal improvement in Sydney rental affordability after years of decline
Regional NSW rental affordability declines further, now less affordable than Sydney: new report
Childcare Educators Forced Out By Soaring Rents And Profit-driven Childcare, New Data Shows
Essential Workers Locked Out Of Rental Market
They Care For Us, But Can’t Live Here: Essential Workers Locked Out Of Rentals Across NSW
Housing and rental affordability decline in June 2025 quarter
Why the housing crisis is becoming a business problem
Buck stops with Cook Government on shocking new rental affordability data
Holiday Rental Caps Not Solution To Housing Crisis
Affordable homes to address Rotorua housing shortage
CHIA looks forward to supercharging housing progress with re-elected Albanese Government
Rental affordability in focus this election as new report spotlights crisis
Housing peak bodies welcome regulations to unlock 80,000 build-to-rent homes
Record-low rental affordability demands bold action to address housing crisis
REA figures confirm housing crisis
A “tiny” lifeline for growing ACT housing crisis
Home ownership is slipping out of reach. It’s time to rethink our fear of ‘forever renting’
New data reveals that without rent controls it could take more than 65 years for renters to save for a house deposit
WA records smallest decline in affordability in 12 months
Rough sleeping surges as homelessness crisis worsens: New report
Improvements To How Providers Prove Their Identity
Perth is now the least affordable capital city in Australia