Affordable housing
Boomers are enjoying their retirement – unless they’re renting
Even as the richest generation, two-thirds of Baby Boomer retirees who rent are living in poverty – and the housing crisis will make it worse for future generations.
- Millie Muroi
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Hot property: Perth suburbs 30 minutes from CBD tipped for investors
With larger blocks primed for subdivision, close to amenities, public transport and the airport, Perth’s eastern corridor retains “untapped” property potential.
- Claire Ottaviano
Budget ways to install a pool to cool down this summer
Pool sales and services increased in the past year as households are keen to swim in their backyards. But there are ways to keep costs down in this economy.
- Caroline Zielinski
John will be evicted from his ‘forever home’. He has nowhere to go
He is one of 32 battlers in the Paddington boarding houses that will have locks changed and power cut on February 1 before redevelopment into luxury houses.
- Sue Williams
- Perspective
- Renting
The renters’ revolt: How to safeguard your rights as a tenant in Queensland
Recent changes to tenancy laws are a start, but there are other steps renters can take to protect their rights in an increasingly competitive market.
- Courtney Kruk
- Exclusive
- Public housing
House fires disproportionately kill public tenants
Six of 44 people who died in preventable house fires over five years were public housing tenants, despite the homes being a tiny fraction of Victoria’s housing stock.
- Rachel Eddie
Qld real estate lobby calls for probe into ‘onslaught’ of tenancy law changes
The body wants a proposed productivity commission to review the social and economic impacts of a swathe of rental reforms.
- Matt Dennien
Planning tick for bigger complex of ‘affordable’ units in affluent Perth suburb
An apartment building in Nedlands has been successful in its bid to boost unit numbers by more than a third.
- Claire Ottaviano
One road, two councils: The very different outcomes for lower north shore apartment blocks
The state government has approved a 43-storey apartment building on the Pacific Highway. On the other side of the road, a fight has forced the government’s hand.
- Megan Gorrey
‘Landlords faced few consequences’: How renters were left in the lurch
A string of property owners faced little to no accountability for keeping their investments in poor condition, a new analysis shows.
- Jim Malo
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