Rental crisis: Victorian tenants continue to live in ‘disaster zone’ homes

Rhiannon Caspersz and her children continue to struggle to find their own home. Tenants are being forced to live in dilapidated homes or move in with family and friends just to keep a roof over their heads after a tumultuous year in Melbourne’s rental market. In November, National Shelter and SGS Economics and Planning’s Rental Affordability Index showed low income earners like pensioners and single, part-time working parents on benefits had been priced out of the city’s rental market. RELATED: Six months on, where are these Victorian tenants now? First Home Owners Grant called to be axed by Vic inquiry National Shelter chief…