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International students “unfairly blamed” for Australian rental crisis

The PIE News

With international students accounting for only 4% of Australia’s rental market, a group representing the country’s purpose-built student accommodation sector says the students have been “unfairly blamed” for Australia’s rental crisis.

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Housing shortage ‘exacerbated’ by int’ls in Australia

The PIE News

International students are expected to “take up” almost 55% of net new accommodation on average across Australia in this financial year, after utilising some 70% of new units last year, a conservative think tank in the country has calculated.