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affordable housing
Most affordable housing projects approved by feds missing deadlines: document – National |…
The federal government has set aside billions of dollars to quickly build affordable housing across the country, but delays in construction suggest many of the projects approved for funding are missing their deadlines.
The Rapid…
Renters facing auction-like competition
There are concerns Australian renters are being lured into paying more for overvalued properties through the practice of “rent bidding”. According to Tenants Union chief executive Leo Patterson Ross, rent bidding is similar to “creating an…
Big problem with Albo’s housing plan
A Greens MP has blasted Labor’s “bold” budget plan to build one million affordable homes over five years as “bulls**t”.In his first budget on Tuesday night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers unveiled a new “housing accord” which aims to address the…
‘Big, bold’: Government aims to build a million new homes
The federal government has announced a new “housing accord”, which aims to address Australia’s housing affordability crisis by dramatically accelerating the construction of new homes across the country.The accord, which was one of the…
Elias: Peninsula fight over teacher housing may portend coming decade
Do voters want more teachers living in their communities, even if it means a little more traffic and perhaps a few less parking spaces for others?
That’s a major question soon to face California school districts, cities and voters as the…
‘Bad policy’: concerns over homebuyer boost
Experts have cast doubt on the effectiveness of a proposed shared equity scheme from the NSW government, which is supposed to help first home buyers who are struggling to get onto the property ladder. Under the proposed scheme, the NSW…