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Genuine question for Australians right now…

How many people here are working  but still feel like owning a home is completely out of reach? 

The average house price in Australia is now approaching $900,000 while wages have barely kept pace with inflation. Australians are not asking for luxury. We are asking for the chance to build a stable life.

If you are struggling with rent, housing insecurity, or the rising cost of living, you are not alone. Sign and share this petition so Australians can stand together and demand change.

For many Australians today, the dream of owning a home is no longer simply difficult.

It is becoming impossible.

Across the country, hardworking people are watching most of their income disappear into rent and the rising cost of everyday living. Week after week, Australians work long hours only to see their wages swallowed by rent, groceries, electricity, fuel, insurance, and basic necessities.

Many Australians are paying off mortgages every month — just not their own.

Instead, our wages are building wealth for someone else while we are left with little or nothing to show for years of hard work.

For renters in particular, the situation has become a trap.

A large portion of their income is consumed by rent and the cost of living, leaving little or nothing left to save. Without the ability to save for a deposit, the opportunity to own a home becomes further out of reach every year.

This creates a cycle where renters are stuck paying high rent indefinitely, with no clear pathway forward.

The reality is that many Australians are already proving they can afford to make regular housing payments — they are simply doing it through rent instead of building equity for themselves. Yet despite paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars each month, renters are given no opportunity to convert that financial commitment into ownership or long-term security.

At the same time, renters are living with very little stability. Families can be forced to move with little notice, children are uprooted from schools, and households are constantly left wondering whether they will still have a place to live next year.

Housing should provide safety and stability. Instead, for millions of Australians, it has become uncertain and fragile.

The rising cost of living makes this even harder. Rent continues to increase year after year while groceries, utilities, and everyday essentials grow more expensive. Wages have not kept pace with these increases.

Increasingly, Australians are not living — they are simply surviving.

People are being forced to make difficult sacrifices just to get by. Families skip meals, go without basic necessities, delay medical care, and cut back on essential expenses simply to keep a roof over their heads.

For decades Australia was known as “the lucky country” — a place where hard work could build a stable life and future.

Today, many Australians feel that promise slipping away.

Entire generations are being locked out of home ownership, not because they are unwilling to work or contribute, but because the system no longer provides a realistic path forward.

Even alternative pathways such as rent-to-own or shared ownership schemes are often out of reach. Many renters are told they do not earn enough to qualify for these programs, despite already paying extremely high rent every month.

This highlights a serious flaw in the system.

If Australians can demonstrate the ability to consistently pay high rent, there should be mechanisms that allow that financial commitment to contribute toward their own future — not solely toward the accumulation of wealth for investors.

Housing should first and foremost be a place to live, build a life, and create stability for families. It should not be a system where ordinary people spend decades funding other people’s assets while having no realistic opportunity to build their own.

Australians deserve more than a lifetime of work spent just trying to survive.

We deserve the opportunity to plan for the future, to build stability, and to have a fair pathway to home ownership in the country we work to support every day.

We call on the Australian Government and Parliament to acknowledge the growing housing inequality and cost-of-living crisis affecting millions of Australians and to take meaningful action to restore fairness to the housing system.

This includes policies that:

• Make home ownership realistically achievable again for working Australians

• Address excessive rental costs that consume a large portion of wages

• Provide stronger long-term rental security for tenants and families

• Increase housing supply for owner-occupiers, not just investors

• Create realistic pathways such as rent-to-own programs that recognise renters’ demonstrated ability to make regular housing payments

• Recognise housing as a basic human need, not purely a vehicle for wealth accumulation

• Address the rising cost of living that is forcing Australians to choose between basic necessities

Australia should be a country where hard work allows people to build a life — not just struggle to survive.

If you believe Australians deserve a fair chance at housing security and a future that includes the possibility of owning a home, please sign and share this petition.

Millions of Australians are facing the same reality. Together, our voices can push for change.

This is exactly why I started this petition.

We deserve better than working just to survive.

If you agree, please sign and share. If you are struggling with rent, housing insecurity, or the rising cost of living, please consider sharing your story when you sign. Your experience helps show how widespread this issue has become.

Australians are not living anymore — we are surviving!