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New report lays bare public housing 'failures' in WA's far north
By Ruby Littler and Natasha Clark

Almost 70 per cent of public housing tenants in Western Australia's remote Kimberley region are waiting on urgent repairs, research has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/kimberley-housing-maintenance-report-chronic-delays/107143672

#PublicHousing #RegionalCommunities #HousingPolicy #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #RubyLittler #NatashaClark

New report lays bare public housing 'failures' in WA's far north
By Ruby Littler and Natasha Clark

Almost 70 per cent of public housing tenants in Western Australia's remote Kimberley region are waiting on urgent repairs, research has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/kimberley-housing-maintenance-report-chronic-delays/107143672

#PublicHousing #RegionalCommunities #HousingPolicy #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #RubyLittler #NatashaClark

New report lays bare public housing 'failures' in WA's far north
By Ruby Littler and Natasha Clark

Almost 70 per cent of public housing tenants in Western Australia's remote Kimberley region are waiting on urgent repairs, research has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/kimberley-housing-maintenance-report-chronic-delays/107143672

#PublicHousing #RegionalCommunities #HousingPolicy #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #RubyLittler #NatashaClark

New report lays bare public housing 'failures' in WA's far north
By Ruby Littler and Natasha Clark

Almost 70 per cent of public housing tenants in Western Australia's remote Kimberley region are waiting on urgent repairs, research has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/kimberley-housing-maintenance-report-chronic-delays/107143672

#PublicHousing #RegionalCommunities #HousingPolicy #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #RubyLittler #NatashaClark

New report lays bare public housing 'failures' in WA's far north
By Ruby Littler and Natasha Clark

Almost 70 per cent of public housing tenants in Western Australia's remote Kimberley region are waiting on urgent repairs, research has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/kimberley-housing-maintenance-report-chronic-delays/107143672

#PublicHousing #RegionalCommunities #HousingPolicy #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #RubyLittler #NatashaClark

Visitor tax on short-stay accommodation dies in Tasmanian parliament
By Lucy MacDonald

A Tasmanian government push to introduce a visitor tax on short-stay accommodation has been defeated in the state's upper house with Labor and multiple independents voting it down.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/tasmanias-upper-house-votes-on-short-stay-levy-bill/107110498

#HousingPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TourismandLeisureIndustry #LucyMacDonald

Hobart council advances ban on full-home short stays
By Jessica Moran

Hobart City Council has voted to advance strict new limits on whole-home short stays. The plan, which aims to protect long-term rentals, will now go to the state planning body for final approval.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/hobart-council-approves-plan-to-restrict-short-stays/107079522

#HousingPolicy #TourismandLeisureIndustry #TravelandTourism #JessicaMoran

Young Australians' home ownership rate at an 80-year low, report shows
By Aoife Hilton

A new report shows generational inequality is pushing young Australians out of the housing market.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/first-generation-in-australia-to-fall-behind/107077612

#HousingPolicy #YoungPeople #Demographics #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #PopulationGroups #AoifeHilton

Ontario’s new law should make planning faster — not move the work elsewhere
#Ontario #Canada #Bill98 #Housing #HousingPolicy #UrbanPlanning #Municipalities #Infrastructure #AffordableHousing #Cities
https://the-14.com/ontarios-new-law-should-make-planning-faster-not-move-the-work-elsewhere/