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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

15,000 homes behind just three months into national housing target

MEDIA RELEASE: Australia is already over 15,000 homes behind just three months into the 1.2 million homes by 2029 national…

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Table showing dwelling completions compared to housing targets
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What Would It Take to End Homelessness?

Margot Kushel is having the moment she never wanted to have. Dr. Kushel is an internist at the University of…

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Tasmanians struggle to feed families as public housing list hits highest point in a year

Thousands of Tasmanians have been left languishing on the state’s growing housing waiting list, new figures reveal, with the list…

‘They really made me welcome’: Hamez (left) with Leigh and Naomi Graham. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian
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How we live together: the couple who host homeless people

Austerity measures have affected our country and, particularly, our community. Food banks and homelessness have increased so dramatically that we…

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Only three per cent of DV victims needing long term housing got it this year

There are calls for the Federal Government to address housing as a core component of support for family violence victims…

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An interesting and ongoing correlation between homelessness and Christmas is not enough to shift the dial

So how should we respond to the Chris? Although it is often undertaken with the best of intentions, the answer…

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As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that

A private member’s bill, moved by Labor MP Josh Burns, recently called on the Australian government “to help build more affordable…

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Coalition’s first-home buyer scheme could worsen inequality

Fresh analysis has claimed the Coalition’s new housing deposit scheme worsens inequality and fails to address wider problems in the…

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Community land trusts: cutting out the cost of land, to make home ownership more affordable

Renting or owning a home in Australia has become more expensive over recent decades. But in the United States and…

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