The 2025 Rental Affordability Snapshot surveyed rental listings across Australia and found that affordability has crashed to record lows. The Snapshot surveyed 51,238 rental listings across Australia and found that:
352 rentals (0.7%) were affordable for a person earning a full-time minimum wage
165 rentals (0.3%) were affordable for a person on the Age Pension
28 rentals (0.1%) were affordable for a person on the Disability Support Pension
3 rentals (0%), all rooms in sharehouses, were affordable for a person on JobSeeker
No rentals were affordable for a person on Youth Allowance.In response to the findings, Anglicare Australia is calling on the Government to return to directly funding and providing housing itself, instead of leaving housing to the private sector. Anglicare Australia is also calling on the Government to wind back landlord tax concessions.