Bill Woods is joined by Michele Adair, CEO of Housing Trust NSW, who says ‘the biggest election issue in regional Australia is the lack of affordable rental housing.’

‘In the past two years regional rents have increased by 20 per cent nationally compared to 14 per cent in the capital cities. One in three Australians rent, and housing is by far the biggest cost of living.’

‘The lack of housing is hurting families and business.’

"The housing market is out of control.  One of the problems in Australia is that we’ve only ever considered housing as being a vehicle for personal wealth creation, we’ve never understood the criticality of it as a human right" says Ms Adair.

Bill Woods is joined by Michele Adair, CEO of Housing Trust NSW, who says &lsquo;the biggest election issue in regional Australia is the lack of affordable rental housing.&rsquo;
&lsquo;In the past two years regional rents have increased by 20 per cent nationally compared to 14 per cent in the capital cities. One in three Australians rent, and housing is by far the biggest cost of living.&rsquo;
&lsquo;The lack of housing is hurting families and business.&rsquo;
"The housing market is out of control.&nbsp; One of the problems in Australia is that we&rsquo;ve only ever considered housing as being a vehicle for personal wealth creation, we&rsquo;ve never understood the criticality of it as a human right" says Ms Adair.

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