The state government wants to build thousands of apartments near a new metro station. One local councillor has lashed it as an “epic fail” to deliver more public housing.
Governments have neglected their fundamental obligation to realise everyone’s human right to housing and home.
The NSW government says it is back in control of the maintenance of the homes it owns.
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.
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Despite the severe housing crisis,Sydney councils are spending an inordinate amount of time and energy plotting mergers and demergers they can’t afford.
As new owners move in over the next few weeks,the block remains a flashpoint in the debate about public housing in Sydney.
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Homes Victoria last year asked Ernst&Young’s advice on the value of adding thousands of square metres of retail and commercial spaces to some of Melbourne’s public housing towers.
Premier Roger Cook says “it’s personal” in the battle to supplement Perth’s increasing housing crisis.
A WA church is using its vacant properties to help ease the state’s housing crisis,giving people without a chance of entering the rental market a fresh start.