Affordable housing
WA ‘not doing enough’ to fix worsening housing crisis
Experts have urged the state and federal government to act urgently, after a new report revealed the state of WA’s housing market was worse than ever.
- Holly Thompson
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- Opinion
- Housing crisis
Australia’s housing crisis has been laid bare – and there’s one major factor to blame
This crisis has been years in the making and its consequences are being felt by hundreds of thousands of renters, first home buyers and, increasingly, middle-income earners on good salaries.
- Alan Duncan
Tents have disappeared, tunnels cleared. Where are homeless sleeping?
As winter settles in, advocates are again asking for all levels of government to step up.
- Courtney Kruk
‘Poverty trap’: Perth is now the second most expensive city to rent in Australia
New data shows a sharp increase in the price of rentals in WA over the past six years, making it one of the most unaffordable places for tenants in the country.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
- Opinion
- Property prices
House price rises were meant to ease. So what’s happened?
The theory that the Australian home market will bump up against affordability constraints has made a mockery of price predictions.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Penny’s commute is 90 minutes each way. No wonder workers like her are quitting
Most of Sydney’s care workers live in the city’s west, but demand is highest in the east. That mismatch is taking a growing toll.
- Matt Wade
D-Day arrives: Rosehill mini-city proposal rejected
Rosehill racecourse’s mooted transformation into a massive new housing development has been dealt a fatal blow.
- Michael McGowan, Jessica McSweeney, Kayla Olaya and Max Maddison
This block should be housing. Instead, it’s a car yard
This unassuming Homebush block of homes and units was demolished almost a decade ago to make way for more housing. So why has it fallen into “urban decay”?
- Jessica McSweeney
- Exclusive
- Development
The Balmain Leagues site has been in limbo for 15 years. It’s about to get 227 new homes
The prominent site, which has been languishing since 2010, will be transformed, but some residents think it’s “as workable in Rozelle as a snowflake is in hell”.
- Megan Gorrey
Why this grand building on Sydney’s busiest street is derelict
Sydney University’s International House could accommodate 200 students, but amid a rental affordability crisis, it sits abandoned.
- Christopher Harris
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