$500 to rent a boarding house room as developers exploit planning laws

By Lisa Visentin
Updated June 18 2017 - 12:43am, first published 12:38am

As many people struggle to secure housing in Sydney's expensive rental market, developers are building high-end "boarding houses" with rents as high as $500 per week by exploiting planning laws designed to help low-income earners find homes.

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