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Hospitality workers in WA's north are living in their cars amid a statewide rental crisis. A new rental affordability report found that only 16 properties were affordable for the state's lowest-earning essential workers.

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00:00Karratha drug and alcohol support worker Kira is all too familiar with skyrocketing rents.
00:08She's been knocked back on 14 rental applications.
00:11That's where I was luckily picked up by a friend but if I wasn't I was pretty much about to leave town.
00:18Other workers say they're being forced to live in their vans.
00:22I didn't expect to be in no house or nothing. I know it's a small city but there's too many people asking for houses.
00:29Anglicare WA's report found just four homes are considered affordable for essential workers in northern WA.
00:36While it revealed further south in Bunbury there were none.
00:39If they get priced out I think unfortunately they probably end up leaving town.
00:42I think we'll start to see a little bit more of that.
00:44We're making the delivery of those services very very difficult and we're jeopardising the wellbeing of our whole community.
00:53The opposition says the government must do more.
00:56What is the point of having the most prosperous state in the country if we can't provide the basics for our citizens?
01:03Even the community housing sector is struggling to get projects off the ground.
01:08It's a rental crisis potentially pushing workers out of communities who need them most.
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