Housing Policy

The Victorian government has released its final planning controls for 25 activity centres in Melbourne, with tweaks meaning lower height limits in parts of Kew and Oakleigh and higher heights in parts of Coburg and Brunswick. 

Increased costs for petrol, food and housing are front and centre when it comes to how families are choosing to vote in the upcoming South Australian state election.

Dozens of families have been ordered to leave their prized waterfront homes as the Queensland government upgrades a Sunshine Coast motorway.

A downward spiral led Sully into homelessness — now he's part of a coalition dedicated to getting young people off the streets and into accommodation. 

The Wongatha man from WA's Goldfields died in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, about 600km east of Perth, on February 6 after battling emphysema and lung cancer. 

A resident of the Couran Cove Island Resort in the northern Gold Coast says she is shocked by a court decision upholding a $22 million body corporate debt.

After covering rent and bills, Jessica is left with just $15 to put into her savings, making it impossible for her to come up with the thousands of dollars needed for a new bond before her upcoming move.

New analysis shows five of the six electorates with the largest capital gains tax discount benefits are held by independents.

Developers and economists say the apartment mix — or lack of — is the result of increasing building and labour costs, competition for labour, growing demand from owner-occupiers and the need for private developers to stay profitable.

The Victorian government says it will make home sellers pay for building and pest inspections rather than home buyers if it wins this year's state election in November.

Housing market commentator Eliza Owen explains how rising inflation and higher interest rates will hit the housing market.

The value of some Queensland blocks leap 50 per cent, raising the possibility council rates and land tax bills will follow.

While local families are left living in tents and caravans, authorities tell Margaret River's leaders they need to present more data detailing the holiday town's growing homelessness problem.

Owners of older homes are being urged to have their energy efficiency assessed, with experts saying improvements will not only make them more comfortable, but help them save money as well.

Communities say being the "guinea pig" of a flagship disaster recovery program has taken a toll.

Tasmania's state-owned public housing authority, criticised as being "hamstrung by confused decision making", gets the chop after failing to deliver on its goals in its three years of existence.

The ACT Auditor-General has criticised methods used to determine penalties for people the ACT Revenue Office deemed to be ineligible for concessions. 

The Victorian government is accused of abandoning a funding commitment intended to stop Victorians living with mental illness from falling through the cracks of the housing crisis. 

Blacktown and the Hills Shire are some of Sydney's fastest-growing spots, but the mayors of both local government areas say they have no way to fund the infrastructure to match.

The average home in Brisbane is now worth $1,046,000 — an increase of 15.9 per cent since the same time last year, according to data from Proptrack.