JobSeeker rise no help in rental market

By Colin Brinsden, Aap Economics and Business Correspondent
Updated April 29 2021 - 12:09am, first published 12:05am
Anglicare Australia wants the May federal budget to tackle housing affordability.
Anglicare Australia wants the May federal budget to tackle housing affordability.

The tiny increase in the dole payment has done little to help people into the home rental market, where affordability is becoming worse as the housing market, and the economy more broadly, rebounds from recession.

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