Wollongong family of four living in tents for past two years as rentals become out of reach for income-earners

Grace Crivellaro
Updated June 2 2022 - 9:30am, first published May 31 2022 - 10:00am
James, 28, is employed and has an impeccable rental history. But he is among the growing number of people in the Illawarra turning to tents to live in amid the region's rental crisis. Picture: Adam McLean.
James, 28, is employed and has an impeccable rental history. But he is among the growing number of people in the Illawarra turning to tents to live in amid the region's rental crisis. Picture: Adam McLean.

Illawarra income-earners are among the growing cohort being forced into homelessness while they struggle to break into an impossible rental market.

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Grace Crivellaro

Court reporter for the Illawarra Mercury.

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