{
  "id": 9462922,
  "title": "More than half of Australia’s renters are struggling financially",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/more-than-half-of-australias-renters-are-struggling-financially",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-24T02:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/09/more-than-half-of-australias-renters-are-struggling-financially/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australian renters have been hit with a circa 50% increase in advertised rents since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Cotality, adding more than $12,500 to the annual cost of renting for the median Australian tenant. While the rental market is showing signs of easing, with vacancy rates rising and growth slowing, rents continue to rise The post More than half of Australia’s renters are…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}