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Jacob Shteyman

DARK SECRETS: Chronic housing shortage heaps more pain onto renters | Vintage Vibes

The average household is now committing a record 33.1 per cent of their income to rent. (Michael Currie/AAP PHOTOS)

Exceptionally tight rental markets are pushing prices up ever faster and adding to cost-of-living pressures while taking up a record share of workers' incomes.

Rents climbed 2.1 per cent over the three months to March, housing data group Cotality revealed in its quarterly rental review on Wednesday.

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