April
Labor’s missing $8b for housing makes a mockery of budget
More than 80 per cent of the $10 billion that the government committed to build 100,000 homes for first buyers was nowhere to be seen in its election costings.
Voting Green may be the greatest act of self-harm by a generation ever
Under the Greens’ housing proposal, rent could rise by an average $83 a week, on top of the rent increases likely to happen anyway.
Dutton’s EV backflip purely about ideology
Readers’ letters on the opposition leader’s electric vehicle stance, political advertising, teal priorities, lack of Coalition policies, housing affordability, and the sale of Rosehill Racecourse.
The $5b move that could smash house prices
The housing policy promises from the major parties both offer assistance for housing supply, but they also boost demand in ways that are not well-targeted.
4 policy ideas to fix housing affordability
Fixing Australia’s decade-long housing crisis won’t happen overnight. It requires a sustained effort that cuts across political cycles.
PM and Dutton bet the house in election spendathon
Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese have thrown caution to the wind by pledging another $12 billion in competing tax and housing measures.
Dutton is pursuing a housing subsidy so bad, even Trump killed it
The policy is highly regressive, and will simply boost house prices and blow a huge hole in the personal income tax base that will never be recovered.
Dutton promises tax-deductible mortgages for first home buyers
First home buyers who buy newly built homes will be able to deduct their interest payments for five years, as both parties up the ante on housing.
Dutton pledges tax cut of up to $1200 for 10 million workers
The Coalition’s rebate will apply for one year at a cost of $10 billion in a play by the party to win the cost-of-living vote on May 3.
Housing tenders run aground on election rocks
Partisan political housing arguments and slow implementation put at risk Australia’s first major effort in years to boost social and affordable housing.
February
Plenary’s $1b Abu Dhabi deal boosts its housing firepower
After the sale of a 49pc stake to a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund, the developer wants to tap an expected upswing in residential development.
The Sydney suburbs most affected by new higher-density housing rules
Council bans on apartments, terraces and townhouses to be overridden within 800 metres of 171 NSW suburbs.
Foreign residents barred from buying existing homes for two years
The new policy will mean people living temporarily in Australia, either for work or study, will be banned from purchasing existing houses until at least 2027.
January
Residential development gets an $800 million new year kick
The latest chunk of money ploughed into the country’s chronic housing shortage shows Australian build-to-rent is now a mainstream sector for overseas capital.
December 2024
Elizabeth Bay luxury tower development rejected
The Rolling Stones made a surprise appearance in a judgment backing residents in a fight with developer Fortis about housing needs.
‘Australia is falling behind’: 55 CEOs demand election action
Top chief executives say the next federal government must make the nation’s crippling regulatory burden and housing supply top priorities.
November 2024
Housing Australia’s Dal Bon goes from funding homes to building them
The inaugural head of Australia’s housing funding body has taken a new job with the ACT’s largest community housing provider.
Construction workers should be 10pc of migration, big developers urge
That was one of the key messages from a housing roundtable that focused on how to remove roadblocks to increasing the supply of affordable houses
October 2024
Australia is getting serious about the housing crisis
Young people, parents and grandparents should all have a stake in fixing arguably the No.1 economic and social challenge.
Stamp duty cuts in Victoria will apply for foreign buyers
Centre for Independent Studies chief economist Peter Tulip argues the Victorian Labor is doing more to improve housing affordability than the federal government.