00:00What we see people doing is that they are going into rental stress and sadly we're
00:07releasing this report as part of Anti-Poverty Week. I say sadly because there's no way that
00:13a full-time firefighter or early childhood educator or construction worker, you know,
00:18we should really be talking about them in Anti-Poverty Week. These are people working
00:22full-time. But rental stress, like other signs and symptoms of poverty, are definitely climbing
00:28the income ladder. So we're seeing people spending up to 60% of their incomes. We're
00:35seeing them with very long commutes. Even though this report shows us that the regions are not
00:40immune to this, there was nowhere where it was very affordable. There was nowhere where
00:45any of those occupations could gain 10% of affordability of the properties available.
00:52We also see people living in share houses. These properties include share houses, by the
00:58way, because we're surveying single workers. And, you know, I'm not sure that a share house
01:05is quite right. If you're a firefighter or a nurse trying to do night shifts, long commutes,
01:12it's just not going to work on top of a 10-hour shift. And, you know, we also see people taking
01:18on second jobs. So I spoke to a lot of nurses who are also doing Uber Eats, driving out of
01:25two hours. So that's the kind of thing where, you know, you really think that these are professions
01:29and occupations where it should be enough. A full-time wage should be enough to afford,
01:36without worrying, without stress, be able to afford a rental.
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