Region. Extent of rental crisis

The survey of affordable rental properties undertaken by Anglicare Sydney on April 8 and 9 reveals the extent of the rental crisis facing those reliant on government benefits.Even areas once considered good value for renters, such as Blacktown, Campbelltown, Liverpool, Parramatta and Bankstown, had no affordable properties. For a single parent with one child there was only one suitable and affordable property for rent - in Gosford-Wyong - with nothing in once low-cost havens such as Macquarie Fields or Minto.