But it’s not as simple as the nimby-yimby debate suggests Peter Mares. A more sophisticated planning approach is needed to build homes for more people while still providing greenery and open space. The...
Post-COVID housing stress has been especially intense in Queensland. Brisbane property prices have climbed by 65% since the pandemic began. That’s almost double the Australian capital city average...
Q Shelter and its members did everything possible to propose and enable the activation of the Pinkenba Quarantine Facility to alleviate housing market pressures. “It is disappointing that 18 months have...
A rental advocate gathering information about empty homes for squatters has defended his controversial plan to help Aussies “camp out” in an abandoned property. Jordan van den Berg has copped criticism...
Many property investors in [Melbourne] are asking questions about converting their existing properties to rooming houses. An explosion of interest in rooming houses from investors based on their higher rental...
Australia is in the midst of its worst housing crisis on record, with experts warning thousands of households across the country are in severe rental stress and at risk of becoming homeless. National housing...
The sheer number of Airbnb and Stayz short-stay rentals is a symptom of a system that’s unfair at its core. Debate is once again raging about the role vacant homes and short-stay rentals play in pushing up...
Mandating social housing in new high density developments is key to tackling the homelessness crisis, Homelessness NSW says. CEO Dom Rowe says: "We welcome any moves that require social and affordable...
ABC News finance presenter Alan Kohler is the author of the latest Quarterly Essay. Titled The Great Divide, it's a forensic examination of Australia's "housing mess and how to fix it". A former editor...
High-priced homes do not create wealth, Alan Kohler says, they redistribute it. Now financial success is largely a function of geography, not accomplishment. The shift that began in about 2000 in the...