{"id":4786,"date":"2026-09-30T13:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/?p=4786"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:28:53","slug":"sydney-second-most-unaffordable-city-australia-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/sydney-second-most-unaffordable-city-australia-housing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Named World&#8217;s Second Most Unaffordable Place to Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4786\" class=\"elementor elementor-4786\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdcf441 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bdcf441\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d491d06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d491d06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<head>\n  <meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n  <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\">\n  <title>Sydney Named World's Second Most Unaffordable Place to Live | Breaking News<\/title>\n  <meta name=\"description\" content=\"Four of Australia's five capital cities have been labelled impossibly unaffordable in a new global housing assessment, with Sydney second only to Hong Kong.\">\n  <meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\">\n  <meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Sydney Named World's Second Most Unaffordable Place to Live\">\n  <meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Four of Australia's five capital cities labelled impossibly unaffordable in a new global housing assessment.\">\n  <meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-30\">\n  <link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n  <link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Merriweather:wght@700;900&family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n  <style>\n    :root {\n      --ink: #14181f;\n      --muted: #5b6573;\n      --line: #e3e6ea;\n      --bg: #ffffff;\n      --soft: #f5f6f8;\n      --alert: #c8102e;\n      --alert-soft: #fdecef;\n      --highlight: #ffe600;\n    }\n    * { box-sizing: border-box; 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