FINDING an available rental in regional Victoria feels almost impossible, and new data has proven that feeling with the number of vacancies having declined in July.

Regional Victoria’s rental vacancy rate fell by 0.15 per cent month-on-month to sit at 1.21 per cent, making it 0.15 per cent lower than a year ago.

The rental crisis is more dire in north-west Victoria at 0.56 per cent – a 0.22 ...