Southern Medical Centre doctor Owen Huang says the housing crisis may force him out of the area

Dr Owen Huang works at the Southern Medical Centre. He is currently living in a share house in the Highlands while his wife and two children stay with his parents in Sydney.

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For the past six months Dr Huang has been desperately searching and applying for rental homes so that his family can be reunited.

"I was born in China and came to Sydney where I lived for high school and under grad university, and then I went over to Queensland to do post grad med and I stayed to work for five years," Dr Huang said.

"Over the last five years and moving back to NSW I've found that the accommodation for doctors has become a real issue. It's been quite a struggle."

Part of the issue, according to Dr Huang is financial.

"I think non-training doctors or resident doctors don't really get paid too much and especially if they have family they will probably need a place for more than just themselves so that limits in terms of what properties we can get," he said.

"And then it comes to availability issues, especially when it comes to the current housing crisis with the rentals, it's shocking and especially in some areas it's impossible to find a place."

Dr Huang began searching for a rental property some months before he relocated to NSW from Queensland.

"I had been looking at rentals at least a few months before I moved down here and there just isn't that many availabilities, in terms of affordable ones at least," he said.

"I found a share house situation with a few other people but obviously the room is quite small and we can't fit four people in it so my wife and children are staying with my parents in Sydney while I'm here, which makes it very difficult."

Across the board doctors have found themselves caught by Australia's housing crisis, Dr Huang says.

"The reason for this is because of our training we have to move around very frequently; it's up to the point where it potentially might be every six months," he said.

"And the application process I've found was easier five years ago when I first started but nowadays we tend to use all of these online programs that ask all the same questions but you have to repeat them every time.

"It's a real struggle. I just don't know if I'll be able to stay here. I may be forced to take another job elsewhere."

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