17 April 2014 John Shipp The West Australian
Northern Australia is suffering a housing affordability crisis. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Recent media reports confirm this crisis. It was reported in this newspaper that Karratha and Port Hedland had a housing shortage of 1531 and 1402 dwellings respectively.
One father of three said that rent for his three-bedroom home recently rose to $1600 a week. “I’m a local person, lived here all [...]