
WA’s ugly rental crisis exposed as hundreds battle for small unit, while families face living in caravans
Western Australia’s rental market is so overcrowded that real estate agencies are smashing open home records, while desperate parents are turning to secondhand caravans just to keep a roof over their family’s heads. Perth’s vacancy rate sits at an “extremely tight” 0.7 per cent and has been below 1 per cent since August last year….