Queensland’s rental crisis spreads to manufactured home parks

Residents say rent rises add to cost of living pressures, with a push to peg them to increases in pensions

When Betty Blythe bought into a manufactured home park, she had no idea that years later she’d been cutting back on groceries and scrapping her home insurance due to increases in rent.

While she owns her home in southern Queensland, Blythe leases the land from the park owner, with rent going towards shared facilities and utilities.

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