Rental Crisis here II Kate Colvin from Everyone's Home, the national campaign against homeless, talks about their study showing that essential workers are being priced out of the market. They are traveling up to 90 minutes to work sites and are paid so little some are paying a third to two thirds of their pay in rent.

Social Housing Win Maribynong here II Sally Thompson talks about the community campaign  to force the Maribynong Council to reconsider the no vote to re purpose an international student residence to social housing.

Union run rehabilitation centre plan here II Stephanie Thuesen, an organiser at HASCU, talks about a project spearheaded by HASCU and the AMWU to build and run a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre based on the successful Sydney Foundation House model in Victoria.

This is the week here II Kevin Healy wraps up the week.

Lessons not learnt with Don Sutherland here II Don chats to us about essential workers and how Marx has again been proven correct -  that the best kept secret that workers add value is correct. Just ask a society affected by covid.