Build-to-rent housing
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Housing crisis
The new way of building housing that could lower construction costs by 20 per cent
A proposal to build thousands of affordable homes for essential workers using innovative construction methods could reduce building costs by 20 per cent.
- by Max Maddison
Latest
‘Out of touch’: Max causes housing row with average-salary claim
Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather has been derided by the government after sparking an argument about the average worker’s salary.
- by David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Green apartment project makes planning putsch
A proposed 17-storey residential timber tower in Abbotsford is bypassing local objectors and planners and landing straight on the minister’s desk.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Opinion
Housing crisis
Why this is the housing fight Albanese had to have
Labor tried for an outcome on housing in the parliament, and got obstruction instead. It did not get the law it wanted, but it got the argument it needed.
- by David Crowe
Analysis
Renting
What can a landlord get away with? In the court of public opinion, it’s changing
Gemma Toogood paid $875 a week in rent for a mould-riddled, rat-infested cottage. Do we still think that’s reasonable?
- by Tawar Razaghi
Sydney developers head to Melbourne for BTR projects
Sydney build-to-rent developer Novus has unveiled plans for its new project near the soon-to-be finished ANZAC railway station in Melbourne, where cheaper land and speedier planning processes trump Sydney.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Confused about ‘affordable housing’? This is what it means – and what it doesn’t
Policymakers often talk about “social and affordable housing”, and ways to boost supply of it. These terms are sometimes used interchangeably but they are, in fact, quite different.
- by Michael Koziol
‘Rich kids’ playground’: What’s holding back build-to-rent in Sydney
The economics of build-to-rent development barely stacks up in Sydney compared to Melbourne, which has 10 times the number of such units under construction.
- by Michael Koziol
Developers in $1.6b building blitz in Sydney’s north
Developers are increasingly targeting mixed use, higher density projects that will alleviate housing supply issues.
- by Carolyn Cummins
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