"it's pushing up the rent of the investment unit I own, and associated costs"

"I’m on a disability pension, I share house and my daughter (my carer) lives in her car months and months Of searching, everything is either unaffordable, disgusting, unsafe, not fit for human habitation."

"My rent is sky-rocketing to an un manageable level "

"I am currently unemployed. My Centrelink payment covers my rent of $940 a f/n with nothing left. I have to rely on family. I’ve had to relocate and live in a place I hate because it’s the only one I could afford. $470 a week is so high for the condition of this place, it’s depressing. "

"Currently homeless, and the nightmare of assistance with that is extremely distressing. Being treated poorly by organisations and government agencies is a disgrace "

"Immigration needs to be halted for 5 years to let housing , doctors, hospitals ect time to catch up - too many coming in every year - Aussies can’t get a look in "

"We have had to move 4x in the last 4 years . Each time because the land lord wants to increase the rent amount of decides to suddenly sell . We have to compete with 50 families turning up for each open house . Then while we are trying to save for a deposit to buy a house ,paying over 1 mill dollars for a 30 year old rundown 3br house is ludicrous! We need more new homes built asap . What happened to australia being the lucky country ??!! "

"Basically given up."

"My husband and I are retired and have no income apart from our aged pension. We are having to pay $660 weekly to be able to live in a decent home. Cheaper rentals are sub standard or non existent in this area and developers have turned our beautiful area into a concrete jungle for the very wealthy. Homes priced at over a million or two are common but out of the reach of working families. "

"I can’t afford to ever buy a home, because regardless of having a hefty deposit, the houses are far too expensive to purchase. There is no way I’d ever get the loan as a single mother to begin with. Houses should be no more then 500.000 for a three bedroom house. But where I live I’d need 800.000. It’s ridiculous "

"I cant afford a house or even a flat in Perth. So cant bring my wife from O/S or even kids for a holiday."

"I have been homeless four times in my life. I am financially bankrupt, without work and the ability to find suitable housing. There isn't enough housing anymore and that is due to the increased and uneccessary level of migrant immigration. Our nation cannot cope with it and this government whether it be Liberal, Labor, Nationals, Greens "

"I am homeless. I am homeless even though I have my own business paying 2x rents would is Impossible to pay these rents"

"I have 7 people living in a 2 bedroom unit and we are First Nations people. It’s so unhealthy and sad and we are all full time workers. "

"I am a self-employed single Mum with 2 young children, paying $750/week for a standard 4x2 in Ridgewood, where the median rent is $610/week. Despite already paying well above average, when it came time to renegotiate my lease the property manager/owner requested an additional $100/week, taking my weekly rent to $850/week. This is undeniably a result of the current housing crisis, as I feel they are attempting to take advantage of the rental shortage, given that they know I need to keep a roof over my children's heads. At this rate, I have no chance of affording to build my own home as my weekly rent is far too high to have anything left over at the end of the week. Saving for a deposit is impossible! "

"My 3 children and I have been living in the same house for 5yrs, but after our last inspection, the owners told us we must leave as the lease is not being renewed on January 27th. They want to renovate. I have applied for upwards of 35 rentals in the last 3 wks and have had nothing but rejection after rejection. I am afraid that we will end up homeless because there is too high of a demand on rentals and I feel I am unlikely to be approved for anything at this rate. "

"Being force to move no money for bond or rent can’t afford rent no deposit to own a home Single income but no deposit Going to be homeless "

"The house I was renting for 9yrs was sold and I needed another house but there were none available that would allow animals (if I’m paying off your mortgage should you dictate what I can and can’t do?) I ended up finding a house for $500 a week that’s half my pay gone so I’m now living with my youngest son and halving the rent. I feel like I’ve failed as a provider for my children. Shouldn’t the parent help the child. It’s wrong! "

"My son will ne homeless soon due to relationship breakdown. "

"My husband, myself and two adult daughters share a rental home which is becoming too expensive due to rent increases of over $350 in the past 2 years. We pay enough to cover a mortgage but can’t get to buy due to no savings from paying high rent. We are constantly stressed that we can have our tenancy terminated at any time. The housing shortage means we have to stay together which is sometimes mentally draining on us all. I’m glad we are not homeless but we don’t know for how long that will last. I"

"We are frightened that if they don’t renew our lease in a few months at an affordable rate, my disabled daughter and I will join the homeless also. "

"I'm a single mom with 2 kids 5 and 8 years old. And I am homeless "

"We can't live in the place where we were born, and we can't live near the coast. We have to sacrifice our lives chasing money in order to attain the two aforementioned expectations. It was the Australian dream to own a home. This is no longer possible within 500km of the coast, particularly in NSW. So, we're all paying dead money to greedy landlords and have nothing to show for it. This financially crippling scenario kills happiness, enjoyment, flourishing children and families, and even the desire to carry on living. We can't have hobbies, we can't go out, and we can't go on road trips. We can't see live shows. We literally work, eat, and sleep. Many of us do this more than 5 days a week. Change needs to happen immediately."

"At the moment, we are fine, but, in the beginning, rentals are very rare. Wind farm workers had taken most of the the rentals in Warwick Qld. In Coffs Harbour absolutely ridiculous, that why we moved north, over priced, would never be able to afford own one. "

"We have placed 100 rental applications, we finally have a new rental. There are not enough houses, the cost of rent is the same if not more than home loan repayments. There really needs to be a better way"

"Rents have been driven up to a point where I'm paying $180 more per week than I was 4 years ago. I'm a 50 year old single parent with 50/50 care of my kids and being able to afford a house of my own appears to be an unreachable goal. I don't want my kids to have to go through life renting and paying someone else's mortgage with nothing to show for it. "

"Most likely will be homeless with six months I am a single parent and will never have the chance to buy my own home the rental prices are causes me to not be able to afford the bare essentials let alone having any quality of life "

"I cannot afford to rent or buy. I’m a 43yo single mum with 3 sources of income and I cannot get myself out of debt let alone afford to rent or buy a place big enough for me and the kids. I’m stuck and it feels permanent 🙁 "

"Yes it is too expensive, it takes all my salary and I have children"

"About to become homeless after 21 years renting same house Nothing affordable for disabled person with family "

"I am a single dad with 3 small kids. I am employed full time. I have no where to live. I need to buy a home for my kids future, but nothing at all is affordable, in the whole of Brisbane and surrounding areas. I can afford a 400k loan on my wage and still cant get anything. How am i expected to provide for my family in this ridiculous market? How are my kids when they are older ever buy their own houses? There has to be change"

"How does a single father on one income afford upwards of $600 a week in rent on top of all other expenses? Unless I get a second job that takes time away from my family and just gets me taxed extra. "

"The immigration minister has recently removed most of the construction occupations, like carpentry, builders and others occupations for the skilled migration visa, this to damage the housing supply and increase the housing shortage in Australia. Applying for TSS visa is a night mere for migrants, time costs and delays and complex process."

"We have been building contract homes for the last 25 years and never seen this industry facing so many challenges. Town planning and government red tape needs to be fixed. The last thing we need is more changes, "

"The government compliances are getting out of hand and costing the building industry a fortune. Most builders and readies are fair and honest. We are treated like the majority are crooks. "

"The Building sector is suffering at the moment due to the lack of communication, we are asking the government to communicate their future plans to people to provide us with a sense of confidence that has been lacking in the recent years. "

"Council need to stop over emphasising on small/minor things and stamp those structurally safe plans! "

"Our enquire level is very small it has come to a standstill waiting months for jobs to come out of council . One job last week will take minimum of 8 months in town planning (why?) We have work in council but so many holdups"

"The NSW Building Portal has increased DA/CC costs, is a slow "

"So many hoops to jump through when building. Too many fees, charges and taxes have pushed up the price to build a new home. We need to cut red tape to cut costs and speed up the process before we have tent cities across the nation. "

"To complete the house we need builders not accountants!"

"It shouldn't take as long as it does to build a home! We need to speed it up."

"We need more affordable housing."