Students left with $13 a day as youth allowance falls behind rent rises, analysis finds
by Cait Kelly from World news | The Guardian on (#6AXKT)
Homelessness Australia report shows that after paying rent young people have little money to cover food, transport and utilities
Students are being left with as little as $13 a day to live on as the youth allowance fails to keep pace with soaring rents, a new analysis from Homelessness Australia shows.
The report compared the cost of sharing an average two-bedroom apartment against the maximum income support payments available to young student renters, revealing they are left with little money to cover food, transport, medicine, utilities and other costs.
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