Workers in regional Victorian towns are being forced to sleep in tents, cars or caravans after a tree-change exodus from Melbourne over the past two years increased competition for rental properties to crisis levels | heagney_melissa
Workers in regional Victoria who could afford to pay rent cannot find accommodation as competition grows for scarce rental properties.
Leanne Gray worked in customer service for 35 years, but when she was evicted from her rental home six months ago because the owners wanted to use it for their family, her only option was to move into a campground in Bendigo. She started off in a tent, and considers herself lucky to have a caravan which she shares with 25-year-old son Jake and Irish wolfhound Tiggy.
Some are itinerant workers picking fruit, while others had full-time jobs in Bendigo. They did not consider themselves homeless because they either worked, or had job prospects, but were simply unable to find a house“They’re not our clients because they think they’re OK,” she said. “They just can’t find a rental.”
Kevin Woodroffe is an itinerant worker who has been travelling between NSW and Victoria during the past few months. He has been sleeping in a car he inherited after his father died, and has been unable to find an affordable place to live.Bendigo City Council Mayor Andrea Metcalf said there had been high demand for rentals as new residents arrived from Melbourne, which was happening even before the pandemic, albeit at a slower rate.
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