Housing crisis
Why can’t we build enough houses?
The housing crisis has become a perennial issue in Australia and is top of the list for many voters.
- Gemma Grant
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- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Voters back Albanese over Dutton on tax and housing plans
Voters gave the government a narrow victory on key cost-of-living questions, despite the policies from both major parties being called a “dumpster fire of dumb stuff”.
- David Crowe
How can I buy my first home in this economy? Experts rank most popular methods
Will using your super help or harm you in the end? What if I can’t withdraw from the bank of mum and dad? We examine common strategies Millennials and Gen Z use to get into the market.
- Bronte Gossling
- Opinion
- City life
Loud, crowded and crammed: How moving to the inner-city radically changed me
As a moody, classical-music obsessed, pimple-ridden dork, leaving the outer suburbs was the equivalent of winning the lottery.
- Julia Pound
- Opinion
- Property market
Back off, Boomer! You didn’t have to go bush to buy a house
Young Sydneysiders like me are frequently told we’re too precious to move away from the city to find affordable properties. Here’s the truth defence.
- Meg Kanofski
- Analysis
- Australia votes
‘Pretty regressive’: Labor and Coalition housing policies explained
Grattan Institute housing expert Brendan Coates says new policies may help some people into the housing market, but a majority are still being left behind.
- Opinion
- Homelessness
I’m a 64-year-old finance professional … and I’m homeless
More Australians are finding themselves without a roof over their heads. For some of us, it’s a matter of life or death.
- John Coles
Dutton, Albanese duck questions about policies that could ‘fuel the housing price fire’
Peter Dutton’s son told the media he was saving madly for a deposit. New figures suggest Labor and Liberal housing policies could make the task even harder.
- Olivia Ireland, Shane Wright and Gemma Grant
Albanese and Dutton’s signature policies risk inflaming housing crisis
The two leaders drew swift criticism for promising tax breaks and deposit guarantees that could fuel demand for homes without doing enough for supply, prompting economists to warn of a surge in house prices.
- David Crowe, Shane Wright and Paul Sakkal
The Sydney councils failing to meet home approval targets
Despite the NSW government’s plans to solve the housing crisis with higher-density dwellings, fewer than one in four Sydney councils are meeting development approval targets.
- Frances Howe
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