Everyone knows how serious the rental crisis is in Australia.
And a recent interview with a Chinese man on the street revealed the heart-piercing truth!
A large number of Australians cannot afford rentForced to live on the streets, living a miserable life.
One of the homeless people said, "I'd rather go to jail!" ”
In order to alleviate rent pressure, many tenants are forced to pitch their tents and camp in parks or along rivers.
And international students in Australia,
He started sharing beds with strangers.
How serious is the homelessness crisis in Australia? The Chinese man interviewed on the street to expose the truth.
Everyone knows how serious the rental crisis is in Australia.
And a recent interview with a Chinese man on the street revealed the heart-piercing truth!
The Daily Mail said on January 9**An Australian street sleeper, Eshay (Australian slang, sometimes for a young man who can cause trouble), has a easier time living in prison than on the streets.
In an interview with Chinese internet celebrity Jamie Zhu at Belmore Park in Sydney's CBD, a man said this.
One of the men, wearing a versac shirt and a cap on the back, candidly acknowledged the reality he was facing.
He said"It's easier to go to jail because you have three meals a day and a place to stay. ”
With a lack of rental housing, inflation and interest rate hikes leading to a sharp rise in house prices, Australians are struggling to find a place to stay.
Many families have been forced to take desperate measures and live in their own cars or caravans, while "tent cities" have popped up in parks across the country.
The eshay said that after a difficult childhood, he began to beg for a living on the streets.
Another man wearing a Lacoste T-shirt saidDrug addiction is the biggest problem faced by street sleepers.
"We need to go to drug rehab, and in an environment like ours, it's hard to get rid of drug addiction, and some of us have nowhere to go," he said. A lot of people left. ”
We need to get out of these streets, we can't sleep in tents,Because we have paranoia and can't close our eyes. ”
He revealed that for 15 years, he has been on the priority housing list, but he still has no place to live.
Daily Mail).
Another man wearing a white bucket hat said he had received no support since his release from prison in August. "We don't have housing when we get out of prison, what else do they expect from us? ”
In the 2021 census,There are 122,494 homeless people across Australia.
A large number of tenants have been forced to live on the streets, and tents are flooded in large cities.
The latest Proptrack Market Insights report found that the national median rent continues to grow rapidly**, up 18% to $580 per week.
Compared to the previous year, the increase was 115%，This means that the rent is $60 more per week than at the start of 2023.
Rents in the capital city were 13 percent higher than the previous year2%, with a median of $600 per week, and unit rents** of 15% to 17% in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Some landlords have passed on the cost to tenantsThis has also led to many tenants being unable to afford it*** and forced to live on the streets.
Recently,Tents in large cities are overflowing as residents struggle to find shelter.
A recent passage circulating online shows a large number of tents along the Brisbane River between William Jolly and Go Between Bridge in Brisbane's South End.
Many tents are crammed under large trees, and the park's benches and seats appear to be used as drying racks.
The Courier Post reported in DecemberAustralia's housing crisis intensifies, tents in the parkSurge! A large number of Australians have been displaced and forced to live on the streets.
There are enough tents set up in Brisbane's city centre to fill some of the most popular seaside campsites in South East Queensland.
International students in Australia have started to share beds with strangers.
News Corp Australia recently reported that due to soaring rents** and the inability to afford to rent independently, it was unable to afford to rent independentlyInternational students in Australia have started sharing beds with strangers.
This phenomenon is known as "hot-bedding".It is to share the rent of a bedroom with a stranger and use the same bed at a specific time.
When one person is not in bed, others can use it.
It may sound strange, but for hundreds, if not thousands, of international students in Australia, this is the reality.
Priyanka (not her real name) is a 19-year-old international student from IndiaShe shares a room outside Melbourne with a late-shift truck driver.
She sleeps at night when the truck driver is at work, and during the day when she is not in the house, the room is his.
Schematic diagram (**network).
Together, they split the $550 monthly rent in a shared house inhabited by other male truck drivers from India.
She also revealed that she couldn't sleep in her own bed when her roommate wasn't at work on certain weekends.
Because the tenants here are all boys, when he's not working, I go to the pantry. There was a small space for the mattress and I slept there. ”
Priyanka shares a bed with a truck driver. (*News Corp Australia).
There have been many reports of international students sharing rooms and living in poor conditions to pay rent.
A 2021 survey of more than 7,000 international students renting privately in Sydney and Melbourne found:About 3% of respondents pay rent by sharing beds or "hot bunks".
If we apply this data to the Department of Education's data as of March 2023, which is 571,646 international students, then this equates to about 17,150 international students "hot" or sharing beds in Australia.
Today's conclusion
The rental crisis in Australia is severe, many people are forced to live on the streets, and international students even share beds with others, which is really shocking.
I hope to pay more attention to improve the housing problem as soon as possible and reduce the rent pressure of tenants!
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