Removing income supports will have 'disproportionate effect' on renters, ESRI warns

The pandemic unemployment crisis has hit sectors such as accommodation and food, where employees are more likely to be renting properties, worst. The ESRI said removing income supports will have a "disproportionate effect" on these people. File Picture.

Any tapering of income supports will have a "disproportionate effect" on those already hardest hit by the public health crisis, a report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has warned.

The pandemic-related unemployment crisis has disproportionately hit sectors such as accommodation and food where the employees are more likely to be renting property.