Separated couples forced by housing crisis to keep living together

Separated couples forced by housing crisis to keep living together

Experts say more separated couples are continuing to stay under the same roof because housing is too expensive or scarce.

Separated couples forced to keep living together amid housing crisis

For the past four months, Robyn Symes’s family home has felt like a financial prison. When her marriage of almost 15 years abruptly collapsed in December, the Gold Coast mother of two started searching for a rental. But despite a revolving door of house inspections and more than 50 applications, her hunt has been fruitless. And most rentals are outside her price range anyway. “While I’m paying a mortgage, I physically can’t afford $700 a week,” …