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Thousands of Queenslanders live in social housing, with an increasing number of people on the waitlist.

LNP brings back ‘three strikes’ rule for social housing tenants

The new rules will be even tougher, with all people in the household evicted if one is found to have breached the conditions of their tenancy.

  • Tim Arvier

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Cost breakdown of building a house

The cost of building a house has never been higher. This is what’s behind it

Worker shortages, inflationary pressures and other causes are pushing building costs to unprecedented levels.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Demand has swelled at the same time as a construction slowdown has hit WA’s housing industry.

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
It’s the rental market where the supply shortfall bites hardest.

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
An auction in Roseville, Sydney, where the median house price has hit $1,691,731.

How the property market became millionaires’ row

Sydney’s median house price hit $1 million about a decade ago and has climbed since, while Melbourne has been hovering above $1 million since the lockdown-era.

  • Shona Hendley
Housing Minister Clare O’Neil.

O’Neil says she’s not a YIMBY, but here’s how she plans to help fix the housing shortage

Housing Minister Clare O’Neil says axing red tape would mean faster building as Labor is on track to fall short of its target to build 1.2 million homes by the end of the decade.

  • Paul Sakkal and Shane Wright
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The media rent price in WA is now $613 a week.

‘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
The OECD says Australia’s housing crisis is holding the nation back economically.

Australia’s horror housing crisis singled out by global think tank

A chorus of experts argues the nation is being hamstrung by a dysfunctional housing sector. Now the world is taking notice of just how bad it is.

  • Shane Wright
Andrew Leigh, newly appointed assistant minister for productivity.

‘Too hard to build’: Albanese government slams local councils over housing shortfall

Top-heavy universities and an embattled council have been singled out as the government promises to improve Australians’ quality of life.

  • Millie Muroi
Despite opposition from industry, Glebe Island is firming as part of the Minns government’s ‘plan b’ for a major housing boost.

Glebe Island firms as ‘Plan B’ for housing boost after collapse of ‘mini-city’

The Bays masterplan, which will provide the framework for rezoning the precinct surrounding the metro station, is expected within weeks.

  • Max Maddison and Michael McGowan

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