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Youth homeless accommodation ‘Haven House’ opens in Kingaroy

A housing project specifically designed to address the housing crisis facing at-risk youth in the South Burnett has opened its…

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Oly Homes delivers future-ready housing for seniors in Thallon

Sunshine Coast-based Oly Homes has delivered two purpose-built modular homes designed for seniors in the Thallon community of South West…

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BlueCHP propose 30 social housing units for Bells Creek site

Plans for a residential complex intended for social housing in a fast-growing Sunshine Coast suburb have been revealed. Plans to…

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Artist impressions of a social housing complex proposed by BlueCHP in Bells Creek. Photo: Idea Architecture

Women fleeing violence are sleeping in cars, as service providers try to plug the refuge and housing crisis

New South Wales not only has a housing affordability crisis, but a women’s refuge supply crisis. These safe spaces provide…

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This car park in Newcastle, which can now be identified safely, became a temporary safe space for women fleeing violence.

PM promises $10k cash bonus for apprentice tradies

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will promise $10,000 cash for apprentices who work in residential construction, as part of a push…

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The prime minister will unveil increased allowances in a bid to keep apprentices in their trade. Photo AAP

Desper-rent: One in four tenants go to extreme lengths to find homes

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, a combination of low housing supply and high interest rates have led to a significant housing…

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Renters have been forced to pay soaring rents or move further out. Source: AAP
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Construction starts on inner-city social housing high-rise project

A social housing project delivering 32 apartments in a nine-storey development at Woolloongabba is underway. Construction starts next week on…

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Welcome to the world of renters by choice — the tenants turning their back on home ownership

The private rental sector has expanded at more than twice the rate of the increase in Australian households in the…

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‘Having to ask for somewhere to live, it’s difficult indeed’: Single, female, homeless. Australia’s shameful crisis

Older women are the fastest-growing cohort of homeless people in Australia today. And for many, it’s an unexpected life shock…

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The homelessness crisis affecting Australia’s older women

‘Having to ask for somewhere to live, it’s difficult indeed’: Single, female, homeless. Australia’s shameful crisis. Older women are the…

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Apartments at Robina to tackle city’s disability housing crisis

APARTMENTS are being built at Robina to tackle the city’s disability housing crisis and get young people out of aged…

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Classical music still an unwelcome lullaby for Brisbane’s homeless

Brisbane City Council’s use of loud music to move on rough sleepers in public spaces such as King George Square…

Families receive food at the Los Angles Mission homeless shelter in December 2019. Photograph: Christian Monterrosa/EP
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US homeless student population reaches 1.5m, the highest in a decade

The number of public school students experiencing homelessness in the US has increased 15% in the past three years, reaching…

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Berlin Freezes Rents for 5 Years in a Bid to Slow Gentrification

Rental prices on more than 1.5 million Berlin apartments will be frozen or lowered for five years as a result…

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