Public Housing

The WA Labor government launches its re-election bid with a $443 million funding commitment to increase homes across the state, but the timing of the announcement has been criticised by the Opposition. 

First home buyers should be able to borrow more money to get a home loan, according to a federal inquiry into home lending, which is expected to recommend the government ease restrictions on how much banks can lend out.

Communities cry out for emergency solutions to a growing homelessness crisis with some residents warning the government that rough sleepers are at risk of dying before homes are built.

Tenants in two capital cities are paying more than 30 per cent of their income, on average, towards their rent — for the first time since the SGS Economics Rental Affordability Index was first published a decade ago.

A crisis accommodation centre manager in southern NSW says families are living in tents due to a lack of suitable housing.

People in a shared home ownership scheme in the UK speak out about becoming stuck in a debt trap, as the Australian government presses on with its own version.

State governments will be rewarded if they clear away red tape to unlock more modular homes, under a new federal government fund to be announced by the Treasurer today.

NSW Rental Commissioner says the research into showing more renters are giving up on home ownership is a 'call to action' for policy makers.

A pair of boarding houses in the heart of Sydney are being redeveloped into luxury homes. But elderly residents who have lived there for decades fear they have nowhere to go. 

The model turns empty buildings into homes for vulnerable women and a shelter organisation wants it expanded to give more people a safe place to sleep at night amid the housing crisis.

A group of women on Mornington Island have been learning to make high-quality swags for people in need of beds in their small, isolated community.

Despite launching the biggest door knocking campaign in any state or territory, the Greens are expected to lose their inner-city seat of South Brisbane and went backwards in its other nearby seat of Maiwar.

Rhonda Fahey says she was confused when she received a knock on the door from two police officers who had come to evict her into homelessness.

Nicky has been living in a two-bedroom motel with her children after rental demand skyrocketed in south-east Queensland.

Single mum Savannah says she sleeps in the lounge room with her kids to escape northern WA heat because it is the only room with air conditioning.

A regional domestic violence service says the time to rehome women and children has more than doubled since last year amid the national housing crisis. 

Brisbane risks ending up with a homelessness crisis similar to that seen during the Paris Games unless it rapidly addresses its social housing shortage, researchers say.

As Bunbury deals with a record number of people sleeping rough, the Cook government has knocked back the city council's proposal to build a homeless shelter.

South Australia's Parole Board chairperson says the state's housing crisis is hindering the release of some prisoners and increasing the risk of reoffending.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows approvals for dwellings in Australia has fallen 6.1 per cent, with the biggest drop for approvals in medium and high-density homes. Housing experts say the decline is being caused by rising construction costs and increased risk.