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Might Labor's negative-gearing policy yet save the housing market?
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Rental insecurity: why fixed long-term leases aren't the answer
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Australia needs to reboot affordable housing funding, not scrap it
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Budget 2017 charts new social and affordable housing agenda
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Two pictures of rental housing stress and vulnerability zero in on areas of need
The Rental Vulnerability Index for Queensland shows the cumulative impact of factors affecting renters across the state. City Futures Research CentreTwo new tools for measuring and visualising problems...
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Saving Sirius: why heritage protection should include social housing
Campaigners to save Sydney’s landmark Sirius building from demolition had a significant legal win this week. Last year, the then state heritage minister, Mark Speakman, refused to list the Brutalist...
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What Australia can learn from overseas about the future of rental housing
Over the past year, there has been a surge of enthusiasm in Australia for developing a sector of large-scale institutional landlords. AAP/David CroslingWhen we talk about rental housing in Australia,...
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Wealthy landlords and more sharehousing: how the rental sector is changing
More people are becoming heavily indebted by buying rental properties and shared accommodation is flourishing, as third party tech platforms help people find a place without a real estate agent. A new...
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Airbnb regulation needs to distinguish between sharing and plain old...
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Who wins and who loses when platforms like Airbnb disrupt housing? And how do...
Short-term letting platforms like Airbnb are changing property owners’ and investors’ views and behaviour in the Sydney and Melbourne rental markets. These changes are directly affecting housing...
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Is social housing essential infrastructure? How we think about it does matter
We know that safe, adequate, affordable and appropriate housing is essential for our health, well-being and social and economic security. However, even as house prices subside from recent record highs,...
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Chilly house? Mouldy rooms? Here's how to improve low-income renters’ access...
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Your Airbnb guest could be a tenant. Until the law is cleared up, hosts are...
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Might Labor's negative-gearing policy yet save the housing market?
Crane numbers, in this case in Darlington, Sydney, are an indication of the number of new units coming onto the market.Francisco Anzola/flickr, CC BYThe Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has...
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Rental insecurity: why fixed long-term leases aren't the answer
The insecurity of rental housing and unsatisfactory condition of many properties are receiving much-deserved media attention following the release of a national survey of tenants. However, the stock...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Australia needs to reboot affordable housing funding, not scrap it
New South Wales is the state that has suffered the biggest fall in available public housing stock since 2009. This has led to protests.Teresa Parker/AAPFederal government ministers have cast a cloud...
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Budget 2017 charts new social and affordable housing agenda
Under pressure to tackle deepening housing affordability problems, Treasurer Scott Morrison has included various housing policy measures in his budget, some relating to Australia’s small sector of...
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Two pictures of rental housing stress and vulnerability zero in on areas of need
The Rental Vulnerability Index for Queensland shows the cumulative impact of factors affecting renters across the state.City Futures Research CentreTwo new tools for measuring and visualising problems...
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Saving Sirius: why heritage protection should include social housing
Campaigners to save Sydney’s landmark Sirius building from demolition had a significant legal win this week. Last year, the then state heritage minister, Mark Speakman, refused to list the Brutalist...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Australia can learn from overseas about the future of rental housing
Over the past year, there has been a surge of enthusiasm in Australia for developing a sector of large-scale institutional landlords.AAP/David CroslingWhen we talk about rental housing in Australia, we...
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