Five students, one 4-bedroom house and a combined budget of $1,000 a week. Using Homes Victoria rental bond data, this report compares September 2015 with September 2025 to show how far from Melbourne’s CBD that budget now reaches. Five interactive charts follow inner-city 4-bedroom rents rising past our budget and show where most of these houses are leased. They also show whether sharing still makes living near RMIT affordable.