The increase in property values in Hawke's Bay appears to have resulted in a rental shortage and prospective renters are living in emergency housing for months on end.
With the shortage, of course, comes an increase in rental prices. Many families are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
If they are lucky enough to get a rental, they pay so much of their income in rent that they have no show of saving for a deposit on their own home.
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Ironically, the amount they pay in rent could well pay a mortgage.