Hay Shire Council is continuing its efforts to improve accommodation for key workers, and more recently for its Multi-Purpose Service facility manager, and has met with Murrumbidgee Local Health District to discuss opportunities in Hay.

The grim reality of the shortage of available housing in Hay hit home to one young family recently.

After a career change which saw Mick and Gabby Flattery and six-year-old Connor leave employer-supplied housing, they faced the disheartening search for a rental property in Hay.

In a media release received last week, Local Government NSW said the housing crisis had reached boiling point for NSW Councils.