The Housing Crisis Affects Essential Workers
Our essential workers can't afford a home, which is a crisis for all of us.
The housing crisis is not an accident. When discussing the cost-of-living crisis, most people think about families cutting back on groceries or young people locked out of the housing market.
However, there is another part of the story that often gets overlooked: the people who keep our communities running and cannot afford a place to live.
- Nurses
- Teachers
- Ambulance officers
- Aged care workers
- Childcare staff
- Cleaners
- Hospitality workers
Anglicare Australia released a new edition of the Rental Affordability Snapshot, focused on essential workers, testing over 51,000 rental listings against the full-time wages of 16 critical jobs.
The housing crisis is not an accident.
Author's summary: Essential workers face housing crisis.