This family's eviction exposes a complex tussle between renters and landlords
By Cason Ho
Evicting a tenant without cause offers landlords a simple way out, but the issue can be much more complex than it appears. One such example of that complexity is Eleanor Kahlo's case of her no-grounds eviction.
#RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #Courts #CommunityandSociety #CasonHo
Five per cent home deposit scheme fuelling price hike, report suggests
By Lin Lin
New research from property analytics firm Cotality appears to show that the Home Guarantee Scheme, intended to help first home buyers, may be worsening entry level affordability.
Off-the-plan homebuyer 'lives in her car' amid construction delays
By Ben Clifford
Five years after signing contracts and paying their deposits, families say their lives have been put on hold as they wait to move into their "forever homes" in Newcastle.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-22/newcastle-homebuyers-off-the-plan-limbo/106557548
#HousingConstructionIndustry #HousingPolicy #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #BenClifford
Women's shelter funding welcomed, as most turned away
By Clancy Balen
A women's shelter struggling to meet enormous demand says it will soon be able to almost double its capacity.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-22/hobart-womens-shelter-funding-boost-welcomed/106586674
#PublicHousing #DomesticViolence #HousingPolicy #Homelessness #ClancyBalen
Australian-first lawsuit over 'extreme heat' risks in remote public housing
By Elsie Lange and Matt Garrick
Residents of the Central Australian community of Papunya say the scorching hot outback summers are killing their people in unsafe housing. Now they’re suing the Northern Territory government to try to force change.
#PublicHousing #ClimateChange #Courts #RuralandRemoteCommunities #IndigenousAustralians #StateandTerritoryGovernment #HousingPolicy #ElsieLange #MattGarrick
Labor considering ways to spare new homes from capital gains changes
By Tom Crowley
The possible budget centrepiece is likely to be finalised much closer to the May deadline than usual this year given global uncertainty, but progress has been made in recent weeks.
#HousingPolicy #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalParliament #Economy #Tax #HousingConstructionIndustry #Budget #TomCrowley
Young people leaving Sydney 'en mass' over housing affordability
By Michael Janda and Nassim Khadem
Productivity Commissioner Danielle Wood says Australia will not meet the federal government's 1.2 million new home target, as residential construction rates fall.
#Productivity #AI #FederalGovernment #HousingPolicy #HousingConstructionIndustry #Tax #MichaelJanda #NassimKhadem
National Housing Demonstration
Keir Starmer was elected on a promise to “make housing affordable’’, but his government is super-charging the developer-landlord system. They expect us to believe developers and landlords will fix the housing crisis when these are the people who profit from it most. It’s not a housing crisis, it’s a racket, and this government is making it worse.
#HousingDemonstration #NationalHousingDemonstration #Housing #HousingPolicy
Elderly couple beg council to let them stay in Gold Coast caravan park
By Danielle Mahe
Time is running out for residents facing eviction from Kirra Beach Tourist Park. In 2018, the council told them they needed to move out by 2028 to make way for tourists, but with rising rent and property prices, they say they cannot afford to live anywhere else.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-17/kirra-beach-tourist-park-residents-face-eviction/106479458
#LocalGovernment #HousingPolicy #Homelessness #RentalHousing #DanielleMahe
Time is running out for residents facing eviction from Kirra Beach Tourist Park. In 2018, the council told them they needed to move out by 2028 to make way for tourists, but with rising rent and property prices, they say they cannot afford to live anywhere else.
UCLA Housing Voice podcast examines shared prosperity rental housing, asking why U.S. policy does so much to support homeownership and so little for renters, and arguing that renter wealth-building could expand housing security and create new paths toward future ownership
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