Housing affordability will require a deep cultural shift

Illustration of people sitting in lines outside suburban houses

The real, deeper question is whether developer-led housing can ever deliver “affordability” without more fundamental legislative change.

Suddenly, housing is hot. Everyone is an expert and every second day brings new headlines on housing policy, delivery, quality, ownership, location, form and cost. But the recent housing focus has been squarely on quantity, not quality – and even in quantity terms, the proposals have been questionable. Unless we rethink the fundamentals of housing provision, experts warn, nothing will change: the rich will continue to get richer and the poor, the young, the female and the unlucky will be increasingly disadvantaged.

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Conference on housing and homelessness

The organisers of a housing and homelessness conference in the City of Moreton Bay next month hope participants will leave feeling informed, connected and energised.

Chameleon Housing CEO Carmel Riethmuller says the conference will shine a light on the ‘housing first’ model, with the keynote address being delivered by Professor Cameron Parsell UQ, discussing how to respond to people who are homeless.

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Over 160,000 people turned away from crisis accommodation

Over 160k people turned away from crisis accommodation

Australia’s crisis accommodation sector is in crisis, with more than 160,000 people experiencing or at risk of homelessness seeking shelter from Specialist Homelessness Services and many turned away.

According to new research from AHURI, there is a range of gaps in the availability and the quality of crisis accommodation in Australia and an urgent need to improve exit options to longer term accommodation.

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How the housing crisis will reshape SEQ’s new and old suburbs

How do you design a suburb in 2023 to include social housing, affordable housing, be close to public transport, increase density, mesh with the existing community and not send developers broke? Does housing design differ between greenfield locations, where there is no existing layout or infrastructure, and established suburbs where there are already homes, shops, schools, parks – and any problems are entrenched?

Brisbane Times has taken a look at south-east Queensland’s newest suburb, Lilywood, in Caboolture West (now called Waraba), and we have asked industry experts how they would deliver new homes in established suburbs.

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Australia’s housing divide masks real interest rates pain

A chart showing income percentage spent on housing

If it feels like we’re in uncharted territory when it comes to keeping a roof over your head, you’re right.

Housing costs are the highest on record, and a closer look reveals who is being hit hard and who is unscathed.

Visit this interactive visualisation from Story Lab on abc.net.au.

Housing insecurity among older Australian women: Exploring the challenges and seeking solutions

Women facing homelessness are at an increased risk of experiencing mental health problems, and physical health problems in addition to being at a heightened risk of experiencing violence.

In addition, an alarming 2022 report from the Retirement Living Council found that women over the age of 55 are the fastest-growing group of homeless Australians. The Retirement Living – A Solution For Older Women at Risk of Homelessness report found that the number of older Australian women accessing homelessness services has increased by 63 per cent in the last five years.

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The real reason housing supply isn’t keeping up with demand

You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s harder to get an apartment building approved in Sydney than to climb one with all the commentary surrounding national cabinet’s agreement to an “ambitious” new target of 1.2 million dwellings by 2029.

A National Planning Reform Blueprint was the centrepiece housing solution to emerge from last week’s national cabinet meeting.

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Australia’s rental crisis forcing parents to raise children in caravans and sharehouses, inquiry hears

A Senate inquiry heard almost 650,000 households across Australia were in severe housing stress, with stories of renters struggling amid soaring prices and low vacancy rates.

Australia’s rental crisis is forcing young mothers to raise newborns in sharehouses while other parents are choosing to move into caravans because of steep rental increases, a Senate inquiry has heard. The inquiry on Wednesday heard that almost 650,000 households across Australia were in severe housing stress, with stories of renters struggling amid soaring prices and low vacancy rates.

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We fact checked Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather on rent increases. Here’s what we found

Under pressure to ease the rental crisis in Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently joined state and territory leaders in unveiling a plan to boost affordable housing.

Max Chandler-Mather says rents are going up at the fastest rate in 35 years. Is that correct?

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From WFH to living in the office: How office conversions could unlock more housing – realestate.com.au

There’s growing calls to transform empty older office buildings in city centres into apartment buildings to help alleviate Australia’s rental crisis and broader housing challenges.

Converting offices into homes isn’t a new idea and has often been dismissed due to high costs, building limitations and regulatory challenges.

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