For a couple on the aged pension or a single parent on the parenting payment, things are as bad now as they have been for many years, and are shockingly worse compared to last year when the Covid bonus was included:
The options are always better for those on the minimum wage â especially if you have a couple both earning $753.80 a week.
But even here we see that the amount of affordable and appropriate rental properties is much lower than it has been for many years:
The issue is not just affordability, but appropriateness.
If you are a single person or a couple, you pretty much have the choice of every property listing (except share housing for couples).