Housing affordability
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- Housing crisis
A man kept asking his flatmate on dates. Talika’s idea might fix the problem
Years of soaring property prices have meant the age of renters extend well beyond young adults and into new generations. But for women, it can come with additional hurdles.
- Cassandra Morgan
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- Architecture
Architect much more than creator of brutalist UTS Tower
Michael Dysart was one of Australia’s most significant architects, designing everything from universities to hundreds of schools, and reshaping the project home market.
- Tone Wheeler
Where Australia’s richest people live and how much it costs to live there
Some of Australia’s wealthiest people have lived in the same homes, in some of the country’s richest areas, for several decades.
- Wes Mountain
- Opinion
- Housing crisis
To fix housing, we must try something radical. Here are three ideas to shift the dial
Australia already has more homes than households. It’s just that too many of our homes cannot house the people who need them.
- Tone Wheeler
One Nation MPs caught in back-to-back ‘train wreck’ housing interviews
The inclusion of permanent residents in One Nation’s foreign home ownership policy needed clarification after a series of confused interviews on Thursday and Friday.
- Nick Newling and Emily Kaine
Nicole and Patrick bought their own home. Then they found something better
They bought a property and lodged plans to build, but the hurdle of COVID led them to come up with a new and better arrangement.
- Shona Hendley
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- Federal budget
Secret RBA notes reveal harsh judgment of Labor’s housing policies
As Jim Chalmers fights back against claims Labor’s housing budget would not get more homes built, RBA documents reveal just what the Reserve Bank thought about Labor’s agenda.
- Paul Sakkal
The pick-and-mix home that could cut costs and get built faster
The time to build a new home has effectively doubled over the past 30 years. A $40 million “kit-of-parts” plan could turn it around.
- Shane Wright
‘A very long road’: Doctor’s call to buy multimillion-dollar Highgate Hill home
Real estate agents said the federal budget had led to more cautious buyers with tighter purse strings, but good properties in top locations were still transacting well.
- Sarah Webb
‘Living in a caravan park’: Not all Baby Boomers are retiring rich
The federal budget’s focus on shifting wealth to younger generations has left some Baby Boomers without much hope of a comfortable retirement.
- Caroline Zielinski