Anglicare Australia opens 20 affordable homes for essential workers

17/12/2025 8 min
Anglicare Australia opens 20 affordable homes for essential workers

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Our most essential workers are often the most vulnerable in a red-hot property market.The most recent Rental Affordability Snapshot - from Anglicare Australia - found workers like teachers, nurses, cleaners and those in aged care could only afford between 1 and 3 per cent of rental properties.Now, Anglicare is doing something about it, buying a block of apartments in Sydney and renting them out at affordable rates.The first residents moved in this week - just in time for Christmas.Guest: Rob Stokes, Group Executive of Housing at AnglicareProducer: Clare O'Halloran