Nearly half of those seeking Australian homelessness charity’s help have jobs but can’t pay soaring rents
by Jordyn Beazley from World news | The Guardian on (#6BV8V)
Mission Australia report finds demand for its services has jumped as CEO says government needs far more than Band-Aid crisis solutions'
Four in 10 people who sought help from a major homelessness charity in the past three years were employed but could not meet skyrocketing rents, according to a report by Mission Australia.
The report comes as the demand for the organisation's homelessness services, mainly based in New South Wales, jumped by 26% to 7,378 people between January 2020 to December last year.
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