A life-long renter not a home-owner

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 10:05 a.m.

Young Australians complain they’ve been locked out of the property market and expect to live their life in the private rental market . Wages haven’t kept up with house prices. Secure full-time jobs are harder to find and not everyone can rely on an inheritance .With Covid 19 , the situation is even more precarious. Home ownership is a marker of a growing generational and class divide in Australia.