Living on a couch or floor but SA Housing says they’re ‘housed’
Alexandrina Campbell says she spent five years living on a couch but was told by SA Housing Trust that she was “housed” and so would have to wait 15 years to get public housing.
Rental Crisis
Be Their Champion: Crushed victims of housing crisis plead for help
These women with long, stable rental histories have suddenly found themselves homeless. The Advertiser’s new campaign calls on the state government to help ease their pain.
No fridge or shower and snakes on doorstep at Noarlunga tent home
A father and his son are forced to camp at Perry’s Bend in their months-long wait for housing. They have nowhere to keep food cool and wildlife roams around their makeshift home.
Adelaide’s raw rental reality: ‘I ended up in a tent with 4 kids’
She works and says she always paid her rent on time before the landlord decided to sell up. Now this Adelaide mum shares a look inside the last option she had left.
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$100m build-to-rent project to bring 240 new homes to the west
Adelaide’s growing build-to-rent market is set for a huge boost, with approval granted for a 12-storey development complete with a fitness centre, swimming pool and rooftop gardens.
Debt raid to soften ‘catastrophic’ water bill blow
Plunging the state hundreds of millions of dollars further into debt is being considered to ease water bill hikes funding connections to major new housing developments.
Calls for more homes to suit the ‘silver storm’ of downsizers
A greater mix of housing options is needed for the state’s ageing population to avoid a “silver tsunami” exacerbating a housing crisis, industry leaders say.
Clock ticks on NIMBYs: Call for Adelaide planning tsar
A planning tsar is being urged to spearhead Adelaide’s future development and help ease housing shortages.
Extend Adelaide rail to cater for housing surge: RAA
Northern and southern suburban rail line extensions are being urged by the RAA as part of a massive infrastructure push.
Mali’s holiday park housing deal the first wave in Whyalla ‘blitz’
The Premier will kickstart a regional infrastructure blitz by announcing deals with two holiday parks to head off a major roadblock.
$2bn in retirement living projects stymied by red tape
Will a boom in retirement villages help solve the housing crisis? Levande boss Kevin McCoy says yes – but onerous planning regimes and charges are creating major delays.
Dan has nearly died 16 times – but people still don’t believe he’s disabled
Rain, hail or shine, this friendly face can be seen proudly selling The Big Issue. But his “invisible” battle shows the sad reality of SA’s housing crisis.
Housing Trust horror show: Police called to units 22 times in 35 days
Police have been called to a suburban Housing Trust unit complex 22 times in 35 days, prompting Opposition calls for a crackdown on unruly public housing tenants.
‘No one is listening’: Single dad’s plea after kids spend Christmas in car
A homeless southern suburbs father just wants a stable roof over his young sons’ heads – but says single dads are being left behind in the housing crisis.
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