How plans to build 3900 homes shrank to just 414 houses

How plans to build 3900 homes shrank to just 414 houses

The Minns government has revised its plans to redevelop the Riverwood public housing estate near Bankstown,blaming market forces.

  • byMichael Koziol

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‘Timing couldn’t be worse’:Labor MPs irate over failure to block housing probe

‘Timing couldn’t be worse’:Labor MPs irate over failure to block housing probe

Members of the Allan government are fuming after a minister failed to head off a damaging parliamentary inquiry into the demolition of 44 social housing towers.

  • byKieran Rooney
Bucket for toilet,mice in bed:Ombudsman urges overhaul of social housing complaint handling

Bucket for toilet,mice in bed:Ombudsman urges overhaul of social housing complaint handling

Mismanaged bathroom repairs left public housing tenant Jasmine forced to use a bucket in her backyard as a toilet.

  • byBroede Carmody
WA has big hopes for tiny homes in seniors social housing trial

WA has big hopes for tiny homes in seniors social housing trial

Tiny homes,about the size of a large shipping container with one bedroom and one bathroom in their 43-square-metre frame,are being trialled as a social housing fix.

  • byHamish Hastie
This view of the Eiffel Tower for $1000 a month:How Paris is solving its housing crisis

This view of the Eiffel Tower for $1000 a month:How Paris is solving its housing crisis

Despite facing the same pressures as other global cities,Paris has a deliberate strategy to retain its poorer citizens – and it spends a lot of money doing so.

  • byThomas Fuller
State land ‘fire sale’ as housing crisis worsens

State land ‘fire sale’ as housing crisis worsens

At least 800 social housing homes could have been built on land sold by the state government in the past four years,according to an industry analysis.

  • byBroede Carmody
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Lynette felt safe buying a home through the government. She says that trust was misplaced

Lynette felt safe buying a home through the government. She says that trust was misplaced

Lynette Smith’s experience buying a private apartment on an old public housing estate has raised questions about the state’s plan to build more affordable homes.

  • byRoyce Millar andRachael Dexter
Greens fire first election salvo with $12b housing policy

Greens fire first election salvo with $12b housing policy

A new federal housing department would build 360,000 affordable new homes over five years for people to buy or rent at a net cost of $12.5 billion under the Greens proposal.

  • byJames Massola andPaul Sakkal
Brisbane’s slippery slope:From housing woes to Skid Row

Brisbane’s slippery slope:From housing woes to Skid Row

Like Los Angeles,Brisbane is an Olympic city in the throes of a homelessness crisis. And both are searching for solutions.

  • byCourtney Kruk
‘I can’t give you a date’:Land audit yet to unearth any sites for housing

‘I can’t give you a date’:Land audit yet to unearth any sites for housing

Premier Chris Minns announced the audit in May,saying it would be completed within months as part of the government’s priority of improving housing supply.

  • byMichael Koziol
Last ditch legal action to stop public housing towers knockdowns
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Last ditch legal action to stop public housing towers knockdowns

The filing in the Supreme Court is an escalation in a class-action lawsuit,with fears the government may begin moving residents out of the towers before the matter is heard in court.

  • byRachael Dexter