Brisbane tent city pops up in Musgrave Park exposing rental crisis in Australia
Dozens of tents have popped up in a small city park with the heartbreaking sight highlighting the rental crisis gripping the country. A passerby noticed the saddening setup as they walked through Musgrave Park, in 's CBD, on Sunday. They captured footage of the site and posted video to with the caption: 'Rental crisis'. The video shows at least 15 tents raised along just one section of the park's footpath with many huddled in small groups. The video drew hundreds of angry commenters who said they face joining the 'tent cities' popping up around Australia as rental prices continue to rise. 'I'll be with them soon. I live across the road and my rent is going from $640 to $900 per week,' one wrote. 'I used to live across the road three years ago and the park has only become like this past six months. The housing crisis is real!,' another added. A third wrote: 'I live 100km from the city and there are people and families living in parks and cars everywhere.' 'This hurts my heart. It's cold here already. Every human should have roofs over their heads,' another said. The video follows Anglicare Australia's new which found renters in south Queensland are facing 'catastrophic' market conditions. The snapshot looked at the 2,859 properties available to rent in Brisbane two weeks ago and compared rental rates against pensions, welfare payments and minimum wage. Shocking analysis found only nine of the nearly 3,000 properties available were affordable for households receiving income support. Only 82 of the properties were suitable for people living on minimum wage. The hardest hit category for the rental crisis was found to be single renters aged between 18 and 21 who rely on Youth Allowance and Austudy payments for income. None of the properties available to rent in Brisbane were suitable for the young students with the median rent costing about 113 per cent of their weekly income. An Anglicare spokesman said an increasing number of residents were being left with no option but to live on the streets. 'Rising costs are impacting households everywhere, we are seeing more and more families homeless and living in cars or having to move far away from supports and jobs,' he said. 'The cost of food is reducing the options for families to feed themselves well, having to instead shop at cheap places and eat food that isn't exceptionally healthy or in good condition. 'The cost of rent at the moment has increased exponentially, to the point that people are risking their safety by living with too many people in order to afford to live in a home.' The rental crisis is being felt across the country with young Australians and foreigners revealing the extreme lengths they are going to just to secure a place. Some workers are living in a hostel to save money, others are sharing a bedroom with mates and others are bidding up to $100 extra just to secure a place to live. As landlords hike up rents in capital cities - sometimes by as much as $600 a month - shocking pictures have emerged showing long lines of hopefuls queuing to view properties across the country. Tradies Fin Empson and Ollie Chan, both 19, have been sharing a bedroom for $500 a week. The pair from Leeds in the UK have been living and working in Australia for several months. They have decided to live in a hostel rather than try their luck in Sydney's rental market. 'I'd much prefer to have my own room in a house than sharing a bedroom with my mate, but I can't afford it,' Mr Empsom said. The two tradies will return home in the middle of the year to start their university courses but say the situation is just as dire back home.