Nurses face rental stress as rising rents push essential workers to the brink in NSW

Heather Halliday is a nurse on a first year salary and has just been kicked out of her long-term rental in Fletcher, near Newcastle in NSW.

“It feels like a huge kick in the guts,” she said.

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