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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
Former international student Tom in Woolloomooloo.

Tom’s plan was to get a degree in Sydney. It went horribly wrong

Homelessness services say an increasing number of international students are sleeping on the streets.

  • Christopher Harris
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Bipartisan reforms of the Environmental & Protection Act are taking shape.

Momentum builds to overhaul major housing handbrake

Labor and the Liberals are working together to reform controversial planning laws, but suspicions of an ambush remain.

  • Max Maddison
Rosehill Racecourse.

Doomed from the start: Why the great Rosehill sell-off failed

The $5 billion plan to sell the western Sydney racecourse for housing was off the pace from the outset.

  • Chris Barrett
Vikesh Ajith and Rachael Hewitt found their former home available for short-term stays.

He was evicted. Then he saw his home on Airbnb

Fewer than 80 fines have been issued to dodgy landlords and agents by a renting taskforce, which some say barely scratches the surface.

  • Jim Malo
House prices in Sydney and Melbourne could climb 12 per cent by the end of next year, HSBC has warned.

Rate cuts and election promises to push house prices up even higher

Economists are expecting Sydney and Melbourne house prices to rise by up to 12 per cent as rate cuts and a lack of supply make housing less affordable.

  • Shane Wright

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