Public housing
Opinion
Opinion
Old churches could be the answer to our prayers for new housing
More than 2500 places of worship in NSW might be able to support social and affordable rental housing for communities in need.
- by Rob Stokes
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The French solution for Sydney’s apartment blocks
The winners of the world’s most prestigious architectural prize know how to turn dark and dingy units into light-filled spaces.
- by Julie Power
It takes a village: Olympic work fast-tracked to house Queenslanders
The building of athletes’ villages will be accelerated to provide short- and medium-term accommodation before the 2032 Games.
- by Cameron Atfield
Early election after housing showdown would not harm Labor or Greens: analyst
The Greens spent the weekend doorknocking voters around the country after the government decided to set itself up to have the option of calling an early election.
- by Rachel Clun
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Renting
Mother and newborn baby face homelessness in rental crisis
A Sydney woman has spent almost two years in a private rental flat in disrepair while on the priority list for social housing. Now the landlord wants her and her six-week-old baby gone.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
There’s a secret behind this $28m Sydney apartment block that few people know about
It has no granite benches nor air-conditioning, and nothing is decorative. But the residents of this Warwick Farm apartment block couldn’t be happier to be moving in.
- by Julie Power
Last resident of doomed public housing estate to be evicted
Margaret Kelly has refused to leave her Port Melbourne home of 25 years, but now she’ll have no choice.
- by Bianca Hall
‘It’s not OK’: Councillors sob over mass eviction from Williamstown estate
Residents from Techno Park Drive protested outside an emotional Hobsons Bay council meeting on Tuesday night, pushing back against sudden eviction notices.
- by Rachael Dexter
Opinion
Opinion
Senate housing stand-off may be double jeopardy for the Greens
A double dissolution election over housing, if it occurs, could spell trouble for the Greens.
- by Jenny Hocking
Athletes’ villages to be excluded from $2b social housing fund
Victoria’s $496 million share of federal social housing funding could deliver between 700 and 1200 new homes.
- by Broede Carmody
‘Five years to get nowhere’: Minister slams Sydney council over housing impasse
The Mascot case reveals how difficult it can be to complete even a small housing project, and shows the stalemate that occurs when state and local governments fail to co-operate.
- by Michael Koziol