Margaret Thatcher’s ‘property-owning democracy’ project drove a mass sell-off of social housing and the growth of private ownership. Now, after more than 40 years of soaring prices and growing...
Australia remains stubbornly indifferent to the increasingly harsh conditions of our fellow homeless citizens, our hapless next generation, and the very real economic costs of our indifference, preferring...
House prices remain a major issue of the economy as once again we see prices in Sydney and Melbourne go up after significant falls. For now the market is being driven by owner-occupiers, and investors remain...
Prices up 1.7% nationwide, driven by Sydney and Melbourne, with rises of 2.7% and 2.2% respectively. House prices surged 1.7% across Australia in November, the rapidly reviving market recording the biggest...
They change countries to take up new jobs. But when these fall through or they can no longer work, thousands are finding there’s no safety net to catch them. It was more than a decade after Hana* moved to...
State and territory governments have presided over the loss of more than 20,000 public housing units in a decade, marking a “considerable change” as control over social housing is increasingly handed to...
Times are tough. People are having trouble finding secure work, the housing crisis is reaching new heights and the realities of climate change are starting to be felt across the country. Most...