Housing crisis
This mayor says he’s ‘more YIMBY than NIMBY’, but his council will sue the state over housing
Ku-ring-gai mayor Sam Ngai has come under fire from the planning minister for making a legal challenge to the state’s new laws.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Australian renters would be nearly $4b better off under a rent freeze
Tenants would have saved as much as $3000 over the 12 months to March, and proponents of a rent freeze say the cash would be life-changing.
- by Jim Malo
Guess who we overtook? Perth rental growth is country’s highest
Landlords have hiked rents more than 70 per cent since their COVID low point, with Perth’s now the third-most expensive rental market in the country.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Planning
Sydney won’t get 170,000 new homes at stations. Here’s why
We’ve done the maths and, for 170,000 homes to be delivered, all 37 zones would require the density of Elizabeth Bay.
- by Michael Koziol
The glam Byron beach house that arrived on a truck, and went up in a day
Blok Belongil is five modular boxes disguised as a triangle.
- by Julie Power
Quarter acre blocked: Can Melbourne afford to keep growing outwards?
Melbourne’s fringes have long been the most affordable place for homebuyers, but rising land prices could put the dream out of reach for average income earners.
- by Adam Carey
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Renting
Daniel Andrews promised a new body to help renters. No one seems to know much about it
Government emails released under freedom-of-information laws show state bureaucrats couldn’t answer basic questions about Rental Dispute Resolution Victoria – after it had been announced.
- by Broede Carmody
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Sydney councils
Council threatens legal action against Minns government over housing reforms
Ku-ring-gai Council is worried the Minns government’s transport-oriented housing reforms will destroy the heritage and tree canopy of suburbs in Sydney’s north shore.
- by Andrew Taylor
Would you live here? The experts’ verdict on the government’s mid-rise houses
The government has released a slew of new photos of mid-rise housing that it says is the “best there is to offer”. Is it? We took a closer look.
- by Anthony Segaert
Lucy has been on the public housing waiting list for decades. Down the road, homes sit empty
As the public housing waiting list continues to grow, locals in one suburb are perplexed by vacant state-owned homes in their area.
- by Najma Sambul
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Planning powers could be stripped from councils that miss housing targets
The Allan government is preparing a second round of reforms to tackle the housing crisis, including proposed targets for councils and a new universal liveability charge.
- by Royce Millar, Kieran Rooney and Josh Gordon