A real estate agent says he has never seen such high demand from businesses for residential homes during his 27 years in the job.
abc.net.au/news/employers-buying-houses-staff-shortages-real-estate-rental-wa/101892988Crippling accommodation shortages are driving regional employers to buy houses so staff have a place to live.Vacancy rates are so low in some towns that employers are buying homes so they can recruit staffOthers say attracting skilled workers to town will bring flow-on benefits
In Esperance, on the state's south coast, the council chief executive was this week directed to look at buying two or three properties to ease housing issues in the short term. Shire president Ian Mickel said housing was a major recruitment barrier given the town's vacancy rate often neared zero per cent.
Other employers also offer housing for their staff, including Southern Ports, which owns four properties, and
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