Rental market at ‘fever pitch’ as 6600 homes exit affordability scheme

Rental market at ‘fever pitch’ as 6600 homes exit affordability scheme

Housing organisations are worried more Australians will be thrown into homelessness without more action from the government.

  • byRachel Clun

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Life has returned to Melbourne’s streets as has the city’s homelessness problem
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Opinion

Life has returned to Melbourne’s streets as has the city’s homelessness problem

Replacing stamp duty with land tax and building more rental specific accommodation would help improve accessibility to housing.

  • byAri Sharp
Hundreds of public housing apartments empty as waiting list grows

Hundreds of public housing apartments empty as waiting list grows

The public housing waiting list in Victoria has blown out to 56,000,so why are hundreds of apartments empty?

  • byBianca Hall
‘The worst I’ve seen’:Country towns recording rises in homelessness

‘The worst I’ve seen’:Country towns recording rises in homelessness

Regional Australia is experiencing rising homelessness as rents skyrocket,vacancy rates plummet and people on low incomes find themselves unable to afford a home.

  • byJewel Topsfield andBenjamin Preiss
How legendary chef’s widow ended up in affordable housing

How legendary chef’s widow ended up in affordable housing

Amanda Bilson admits life with her beloved husband,the famed Sydney chef and restaurateur Tony Bilson,had its share of financial stress,but she never thought they would face homelessness.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
A crime of opportunity:Fremantle ‘Tent City’ rapist jailed over assault on girl

A crime of opportunity:Fremantle ‘Tent City’ rapist jailed over assault on girl

Nathan Stanley Brand,46,was one of around 100 people sleeping rough at Pioneer Park in Fremantle from Boxing Day,2020.

  • byHeather McNeill
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State eyes rule shift on unit block sell-offs to boost housing
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State eyes rule shift on unit block sell-offs to boost housing

Brisbane’s ageing unit blocks could make way for newer,denser housing under an idea to prevent one owner vetoing the sale of entire blocks to developers.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘We are coming home’:Nedd Brockmann’s 3800km run has come to an end

‘We are coming home’:Nedd Brockmann’s 3800km run has come to an end

The electrician from rural NSW has been running an average of 100 kilometres per day through the month-and-a-half journey and has suffered a string of injuries along the way.

  • bySarah Keoghan
Knowing rough sleepers by name key to solving street homelessness

Knowing rough sleepers by name key to solving street homelessness

A hyper-local approach to ending street homelessness is being trialled in the City of Port Phillip,where the name of every rough sleeper is added to a list.

  • byJewel Topsfield andRachael Dexter
Housing scheme to help most vulnerable deserves long-term support
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Housing scheme to help most vulnerable deserves long-term support

Two years later the results of the experiment are in. And,overall,the government’s decision has been vindicated.

Luxury high-rise apartments ‘inappropriate’ for homeless program

Luxury high-rise apartments ‘inappropriate’ for homeless program

A government program housed a small number of former rough sleepers in “inappropriate” luxury buildings during the pandemic,a review has found.

  • byRachael Dexter andJewel Topsfield