Landlords are charging more on the fringes of capital cities as migration meets a shortfall in new housing, driving rents up even further.
Jack Gramenz
The Greens want to ply states and territories with billions in extra funding to pave the way for more social housing for women and children fleeing violence.
Callum Godde
A poll shows almost half of all migrants and refugees feel they are copping the brunt of Australia's housing affordability crisis.
Farid Farid
Home ownership is drifting out of reach for Australians with no easy fix to deep-seated problems, a government-appointed council has warned.
Kat Wong
Australia's housing market is struggling under the weight of increased demand which has driven homelessness, house prices and rents, a report has found.
In many conversations around town, Melbourne is used as an adjective rather than a noun. ‘It’s very Melbourne,’ we say when we hang a chandelier in a laneway.
Kim Macdonald
A decision to use an empty $400 million quarantine facility for police training has been described as a "bitter blow" in the fight against homelessness.
Laine Clark and Savannah Meacham
Queensland renters could have saved $5400 in the past two years if the government had established a cap amid soaring prices and low vacancies.
Savannah Meacham
People on low incomes are waiting even longer for secure, affordable social housing in NSW, particularly in western Sydney and the state's north.
Luke Costin
Crushing rent increases are becoming the new normal with lower-income earners and people on welfare priced out of the market, Anglicare Australia has warned.
(A)manda Parkinson
Hundreds of life-size cut-outs have been erected as a reminder of growing homelessness among Australian children and young people.
Overseas buyers could face higher state taxes to buy property in NSW as the government looks for ways to free up homes for local residents.
Samantha Lock
An international property group has bought a Bunbury development site for close to $5 million, in a vote of confidence for the burgeoning region.
Only one jurisdiction is forecast to achieve its share of a five-year national housing plan, but one premier has defended the goal over "mushy" targets.
There are calls for a bigger focus on public transport during residential planning processes as Melbourne's apartment boom outstripped the number of services.
Rachael Ward
Homes values have continued their march upwards despite rate hikes with the latest data revealed on Tuesday.
Tess Ikonomou
NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson says she needs more Commonwealth funding to help the large number of people who are homeless or on the brink of homelessness.
Maeve Bannister and Samantha Lock
Providing young people with early access to their retirement nest eggs is unlikely to help them buy their first homes.
The Queensland government's sweeping rental reforms go too far and diminish a property owner's rights, a peak real estate body says.
Fraser Barton
There is still no sign of construction starting on Rivervale’s long-awaited Wyndham Lux Hotel, seven years after its approval and three planning approval extensions later.
Raquel de Brito
Australia needs to build more than one million homes over the next five years, but experts and politicians are divided on how to get there.
A vision for the prime Floreat shopping centre site has been turned down by Town of Cambridge officers after not meeting planning requirements.
Claire Sadler
Proposed rules to protect trees in the eastern suburbs have been thrown into disarray after advice from a State Government department.
Jessica Evensen
A radical plan to fix the housing crisis by competing with the private market has been dismissed despite being borne out in several developed nations.