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***MEDIA ALERT*** Landmark reports spotlight WA’s housing crisis

Shelter WA, Make Renting Fair Alliance < 1 mins read
A press conference will be held this morning regarding Perth’s ranking as the least affordable capital city in Australia, according to the 10th annual National Shelter-SGS Economic and Planning Rental Affordability Index.

Comment will also be available about the WA Make Renting Fair Alliance's Out with the Mould report, revealing new alarming statistics about the unsafe and unfair realities of renting in Western Australia due to the absence of minimum standards.

WHO:
  • Shelter WA Chair Kieran Wong
  • Circle Green Community Legal Principal Lawyer Alice Pennycott 

WHEN: Friday November 22, 11am

WHERE: Shelter WA office, Suite 2, Level 3/256 Adelaide Terrace, Perth

Media contacts: 
Sofie Wainwright 0403 920 301 
Fraser Beattie 0421 505 557

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