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Hillam Architects’ Riviere Residence in Applecross.

Fear of heights: Why do Perth people resist apartment living?

Medium and high-density housing is the norm for much of the world. But Perth people are reluctant to abandon their mega-sized homes and enjoy the benefits of apartment living.

  • Mark Naglazas

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Lord Mayor Clover Moore offers criticism but few solutions.

Clover Moore’s NIMBY-esque rant shows she is out of step with the biggest issue facing Sydney

Someone in the lord mayor’s position has an obligation to propose solutions as well as offer criticism. 

  • The Herald's View
Clover Moore has slammed the Housing Delivery Authority for waving through Zetland and Surry Hills developments.

‘Blight Sydney for generations’: City unleashes on fast-tracked housing

Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the Housing Delivery Authority is a “step backwards” in the city’s plan to address the housing crisis.

  • Anthony Segaert
The ATC will take plan to members to sell Rosehill Racecourse to the government.

Multibillion-dollar hitch casts doubt over the ‘mini-city’ of 25,000 homes

The Australian Turf Club is divided over how much its Rosehill Racecourse is worth, its board divided over billions of dollars.

  • Alexandra Smith and Michael McGowan
The former dive sites for the WestConnex on Parramatta Road will eventually be turned into housing.

Everyone agrees these vacant lots should become units. But public housing? That depends

Former WestConnex tunnelling sites will be upzoned for units, but Greens and Labor councillors have clashed over how much should be devoted to public housing.

  • Anthony Segaert
The Australia Turf Club have revised its plans for a western Sydney mini-city.

Revealed: The new $5b plan for Rosehill mini-city

The NSW Labor government was pinning its housing hopes on a new mini-city at Rosehill, but plans have changed.

  • Alexandra Smith and Michael McGowan
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Artwork for Rachel Eddie’s story on how almost 90 per cent of apartment buildings fail fire safety standards.

‘Not a big issue – until it is’: Almost 90 per cent of apartment buildings fail fire safety standards

Of the 964 fire safety inspections Victorian councils did at multi-storey apartments in 12 months, only 127 buildings continued to comply.

  • Rachel Eddie

We’re flying blind, now they’ve quietly buried our vital Six Cities blueprint

Where’s the vision? NSW government removes a key plan for our future.

  • Eamon Waterford

Our housing industry’s going nowhere fast. It’s not just red tape

Our home building industry is clapped out, nobbled by poor planning, a lack of innovation and overzealous regulation. But the biggest problem is productivity.

  • Ross Gittins
Cory Memery at his former home on a Carlton public housing estate.

‘I thought we’d look after people’: 60,000 homes needed for vulnerable Victorians

Advocate Cory Memery says the government can’t “wash its hands” of vulnerable Victorians, and that any new investment – like the $30 billion build recommended by Infrastructure Victoria – should be for state-managed public housing.

  • Rachel Eddie

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