NSW remains in rental crisis, and while the 2025 Rental Affordability Index (RAI) shows the Western Plains region still has some of the most affordable prices in the state, analysts warn more needs to be done to keep country towns viable.
The 2025 second quarter RAI was released on Monday 24 November, measuring the percentage of an average household’s paycheck going towards rent.
Affordability has plummeted in coastal, peri-urban areas and major regional centres on the back of increasing numbers of rental refugees from capital cities, and now rents in more remote areas are also beginning to show the strain…