Housing crisis tightens in regional Victoria as Mildura renter looks for better option

Orange picker Christiaan Sprangemeijer says finding affordable accommodation is a struggle as he pays $160 per week for a single bed in a room that also houses two strangers.

The working holiday-maker from the Netherlands was thrust directly into the crux of a housing crisis when he moved to the Murray River city of Mildura this year.

Mr Sprangemeijer, 29, said he was desperately saving his minimum wage to upgrade to a room at the Merbein Hotel, to the north-west of Mildura.

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