A new report has revealed essential workers in Darwin are spending between 46 and 64 per cent of their income on rent.
abc.net.au/news/darwin-essential-workers-being-priced-out-of-rental-market/102229094When Iresha Liyanage and her family relocated from Melbourne to Darwin in early 2022, finding somewhere to live proved very difficult.
For six weeks, Ms Liyanage had no option but to pay the extra rent, with her husband finding a second part-time job."At that time, my daughter was only six months [old]. Jihan was leaving home at 6:30am and coming home at [9pm]," she said. To their relief, Jihan managed secure full-time work as a labourer, and became eligible for a Northern Territory key worker rent subsidy called Rent Choice."Everyone should have something like that because I know, as a student, I have a couple of friends here who are struggling with high rent," Ms Liyanage said.The Liyanage family isn't alone in its housing struggles.
"We're seeing it and, more and more, this thing happening over and over again: [coming] to the end of the lease and suddenly getting a large increase," he said."We're seeing more and more people saying: 'Look, I can't afford to stay here anymore', and wanting to move interstate.
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