Premium Content Subscriber only Workers are being locked out of the Sunshine Coast's housing market with affordability and availability causing stress and leading to long term impacts on the region's future growth, key industry bodies say. With rental vacancy rates currently at less than one per cent, single renters are being forced to go into share houses to find a roof over their heads or pay a premium outside their budget. That's the fate Maroochydore-based accountant Heidi Le Vesconte is faced with after struggling to find a suitable apartment to rent. Ms Le Vesconte, 25, is in the process of relocating to the Coast from Brisbane but says rental prices have "gone through the roof".