Influencers are shining a light on public housing. But are they doing good or just gawking?

Influencers are shining a light on public housing. But are they doing good or just gawking?

“This floor is the one with all the f---ing murderers,” one creator says,laughing.

  • byScobie Mckay

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Six more train stations added to high-density housing plan

Six more train stations added to high-density housing plan

More councils are putting themselves forward for greater density around train stations as the state government’s signature housing policy is due to start.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Growing pains:The Perth suburbs bearing the brunt of the population surge

Growing pains:The Perth suburbs bearing the brunt of the population surge

It is the sprawling suburbs on Perth’s eastern fringe accommodating the lion’s share of the city’s post-COVID population boom. Here are the top 20.

  • bySarah Brookes andCraig Butt
A family home doesn’t need to be a house:The case for European-style living
Opinion
Opinion

A family home doesn’t need to be a house:The case for European-style living

Moving overseas highlighted that our national psyche is to see houses not as places merely to live,but an asset class that,for many,is a way to grow wealth.

  • byCaroline Zielinski
How the rental crisis ate its way into the middle class
Analysis
Analysis

How the rental crisis ate its way into the middle class

Renters will prove a political powerhouse at the 2027 election. Will the Minns government have done enough to help them?

  • byMax Maddison andNigel Gladstone
Can we build it? No we can’t. States demand fast track for foreign tradies
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Immigration

Can we build it? No we can’t. States demand fast track for foreign tradies

Several states are demanding the federal government find ways to fast track foreign workers into Australia to meet the 90,000-tradie shortfall threatening the nation’s ability to meet its housing target.

  • byAngus Thompson
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The missing ‘room’:What Sydney families really need in an apartment

The missing ‘room’:What Sydney families really need in an apartment

The Vuong family from Coogee have lived in the world’s big cities but none was so hard to find suitable living as Sydney.

  • byJulie Power
Could this affordable housing model work in Brisbane?

Could this affordable housing model work in Brisbane?

Houses now cost 12 years of average earnings. If you don’t have the “bank of mum and dad” to help with a deposit,you might be looking at something like this.

  • byCourtney Kruk
The superannuation rules setting up a ‘major generational clash’

The superannuation rules setting up a ‘major generational clash’

A Liberal senator is questioning why people cannot use their superannuation to buy a home,given self-managed super funds own almost $49 billion in residential real estate.

  • byRachel Clun
Is your suburb going higher? The 10 areas earmarked as hotspots for increasing housing density

Is your suburb going higher? The 10 areas earmarked as hotspots for increasing housing density

A street-by-street analysis reveals where the Allan government’s push to ramp up housing development is most likely to occur. See the maps.

  • byJosh Gordon andAdam Carey
Which Sydney suburbs are bearing the brunt of the population surge?
Analysis
Population

Which Sydney suburbs are bearing the brunt of the population surge?

Sydney’s population is booming overall,but half the city’s suburbs still have fewer people than before the COVID pandemic.

  • byMatt Wade andNigel Gladstone