If you were told today that your landlord or agent required you to vacate and you had to find a new place to rent could you afford to?

I couldn't. I live pay to pay but am trying to make some changes to alleviate that and live more like month to month (two pays or more ahead).

My rent is cheap by current market rates since the covid bs has made Australian property prices skyrocket and the portion of properties owned as investments increased since affording a property to live in as owner/occupier (not renting) is a lot harder.

If I had to leave where I am now I would not be able to rent anything that's less than about 1.5 times my weekly rent and that's in the area I live now (which is a cheap area already).