Australia’s rental crisis is not what you think it is

The rapid rise in advertised rents grabs headlines but it's only a small part of the market, an expert says, and for most renting households there is no crisis

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Footage of long queues at the doors of properties for lease has become a regular feature of property reporting over the past few years.

Landlords have upped their asking rents by double digits. Ahead of last weekend's election, the Greens campaigned hard for rent freezes to stop the unlimited rent increases" they claimed the major parties tacitly supported.