Ordinary families caught in the state’s housing construction gridlock are facing looming payment deadlines,putting loans for their unfinished homes under threat.
The NSW government is pushing ahead with sweeping planning reforms,with thousands of new homes to be built around soon-to-open metro stations.
Spiralling housing costs have meant Melburnians are making difficult decisions about their living situations.
Tens of thousands of homes sit empty across our major cities,while luxury units replace old apartment blocks - all while debate rages about our home shortage.
The five Sydney suburbs that are home to the most police officers are,on average,45 kilometres from the CBD. For solicitors,the average is less than four kilometres.
Aged care workers,primary teachers,nurses,paramedics and police are being forced to Melbourne’s fringes by high housing costs,prompting warnings about worker shortages.
Despite the severe housing crisis,Sydney councils are spending an inordinate amount of time and energy plotting mergers and demergers they can’t afford.
Several once-affordable suburbs recorded rent hikes of 25 per cent or more over the past year. Is there an end in sight?
Three councils on Melbourne’s fringe have had similar or stronger rental price growth over the past 12 months,a sign of a spillover effect.
The premier says the need to get more homes built,particularly for young people,is not going to disappear any time soon.
The typical house costs $60 per week more to rent than it did a year ago,leaving some tenants fearful of lifelong housing insecurity.