Housing crisis
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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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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
Barnaby Joyce trips up on Sky News over foreign ownership ban
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce was caught short on Sky News last night when Andrew Bolt pressed him for details of the party’s call to outlaw foreign ownership of housing in Australia.
- Michelle Griffin
Barnaby Joyce clarifies comments on housing
Barnaby Joyce returns to Sky News to correct previous comments made about One Nation's housing policy.
- Michelle Griffin
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Revealed: The secret plan to turn this Sydney airport into housing, extend metro
The Bankstown Airport operator has spoken with both state and federal governments.
- Michael Koziol and Anthony Segaert
Taylor’s ‘historic’ migration cut could amount to just 5 per cent
Labor’s housing and migration projections nearly converge by 2028, posing a challenge to the opposition leader’s vow to slash migration.
- Brittany Busch
‘Nowhere to go’: Residents fear the future as caravan park makes way for housing
The park’s owner wants to build a residential village, which will force the park’s permanent residents to move. They fear they’ll be homeless before the end of winter.
- Carolyn Webb
The ‘affordable’ housing policies that subsidised a rental unit listed for $925 a week
Billions spent on delivering more affordable units are being targeted at middle income earners rather than social homes for the genuinely needy.
- Adam Carey
‘This will really hurt’: Council to confiscate belongings from homeless in St Kilda
Council officers in the City of Port Phillip are preparing to confiscate the personal belongings of people experiencing homelessness, under new local laws.
- Cara Waters
Lord mayor slams federal tax reforms, flags zoning changes to boost housing supply
Adrian Schrinner also told a Property Council lunch there were 14,000 fewer rentals on the market in Brisbane today than five years ago.
- William Davis