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92 applications, zero rentals

After checking with our bank we know that we can safely pay up to $550 per week in rent. We have now been searching for a rental in our area for 6 months, and have applied for 92 properties. We have been outbid on almost all of them. My wife cries every night and I can’t sleep with worry. We have 2 children and have been asked to leave our current rental as the owner is moving back in. We only have about 3 weeks left before we are homeless and I have no idea where my family is going to live.

- Sarah, 

Toorak, VIC

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The Renter Pledge is an initiative of Better Renting. Authorised by J. Dignam, 1 Moore Street, Canberra ACT.

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These aren't just assets, they're our homes.

In rental properties across Australia, real people are experiencing life's biggest moments — birthdays, breakups, new jobs, lockdowns, first kisses, last goodbyes.

When politicians talk about housing, they can't cut renters out of the conversation. 1 in 3 of us rent: this is what the housing crisis looks like for us.

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