18 Jul 2022

Inflation rise hitting renters especially hard - Salvation Army

From Checkpoint, 5:12 pm on 18 July 2022

Ian Hutson is the director of the Salvation Army's Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit. He talks to Lisa Owen about the record-high level of inflation.

He says as inflation rises their major concern is around housing. 

He told Checkpoint it's even more difficult for those in transitional housing, to get into long-term rentals, as rental prices are out of reach. 

He says MSD's accommodation supplement payments are based on rent data about six years out of date.