#housingpolicy — Public Fediverse posts
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Outbid by $60k, Karli won her dream home with a heartfelt letter
By Chris CalcinoIn a red-hot property market where cash is usually king, Karli Bryant was outbid by $60,000 on a 116-year-old railway cottage. Then the owner read her letter.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/first-homebuyer-wins-malanda-cottage-lowest-bidder/107138396
#PropertyPrices #Home #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #YoungPeople #ChrisCalcino
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Outbid by $60k, Karli won her dream home with a heartfelt letter
By Chris CalcinoIn a red-hot property market where cash is usually king, Karli Bryant was outbid by $60,000 on a 116-year-old railway cottage. Then the owner read her letter.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/first-homebuyer-wins-malanda-cottage-lowest-bidder/107138396
#PropertyPrices #Home #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #YoungPeople #ChrisCalcino
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Outbid by $60k, Karli won her dream home with a heartfelt letter
By Chris CalcinoIn a red-hot property market where cash is usually king, Karli Bryant was outbid by $60,000 on a 116-year-old railway cottage. Then the owner read her letter.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/first-homebuyer-wins-malanda-cottage-lowest-bidder/107138396
#PropertyPrices #Home #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #YoungPeople #ChrisCalcino
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Outbid by $60k, Karli won her dream home with a heartfelt letter
By Chris CalcinoIn a red-hot property market where cash is usually king, Karli Bryant was outbid by $60,000 on a 116-year-old railway cottage. Then the owner read her letter.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/first-homebuyer-wins-malanda-cottage-lowest-bidder/107138396
#PropertyPrices #Home #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #YoungPeople #ChrisCalcino
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Outbid by $60k, Karli won her dream home with a heartfelt letter
By Chris CalcinoIn a red-hot property market where cash is usually king, Karli Bryant was outbid by $60,000 on a 116-year-old railway cottage. Then the owner read her letter.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/first-homebuyer-wins-malanda-cottage-lowest-bidder/107138396
#PropertyPrices #Home #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #YoungPeople #ChrisCalcino
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Lee Weighs News Conference as Approval Rating Slides
[CAPTIONS] President Lee Jae-myung, returning home after a state visit to France, greets Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok,…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #SouthKorea #approvalrating #cabinetreshuffle #housingpolicy #LeeJaeMyung #NationalBarometerSurvey #newsconference #StraitofHormuzdeployment
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Sick of the city, Queenslanders head west and boost property prices
By Owen JacquesThey lived in some of the Queensland's most sought-after areas, so what was the appeal of heading west for a country town?
#RegionalCommunities #RealEstateIndustry #PropertyPrices #HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #OwenJacques
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Sick of the city, Queenslanders head west and boost property prices
By Owen JacquesThey lived in some of the Queensland's most sought-after areas, so what was the appeal of heading west for a country town?
#RegionalCommunities #RealEstateIndustry #PropertyPrices #HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #OwenJacques
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Sick of the city, Queenslanders head west and boost property prices
By Owen JacquesThey lived in some of the Queensland's most sought-after areas, so what was the appeal of heading west for a country town?
#RegionalCommunities #RealEstateIndustry #PropertyPrices #HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #OwenJacques
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Sick of the city, Queenslanders head west and boost property prices
By Owen JacquesThey lived in some of the Queensland's most sought-after areas, so what was the appeal of heading west for a country town?
#RegionalCommunities #RealEstateIndustry #PropertyPrices #HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #OwenJacques
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Sick of the city, Queenslanders head west and boost property prices
By Owen JacquesThey lived in some of the Queensland's most sought-after areas, so what was the appeal of heading west for a country town?
#RegionalCommunities #RealEstateIndustry #PropertyPrices #HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #OwenJacques
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Visitor tax on short-stay accommodation dies in Tasmanian parliament
By Lucy MacDonaldA 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
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Visitor tax on short-stay accommodation dies in Tasmanian parliament
By Lucy MacDonaldA 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
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Visitor tax on short-stay accommodation dies in Tasmanian parliament
By Lucy MacDonaldA 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
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Visitor tax on short-stay accommodation dies in Tasmanian parliament
By Lucy MacDonaldA 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
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Visitor tax on short-stay accommodation dies in Tasmanian parliament
By Lucy MacDonaldA 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
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Why are Bathla and other home builders collapsing?
Owing about $3.4 billion to private lenders, Bathla's voluntary administration has thrown the construction of more than 2,000 apartments into limbo, while jeopardising a further pipeline of 14,000 homes.
#ConstructionandRealEstateIndustry #HousingConstructionIndustry #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #HousingPolicy #Industry #GovernmentandPolitics #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #COVID19 #CommunityandSociety #Home
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Court ruling clears way for 124-home Byron Shire development
By Hannah RossOpponents of a controversial housing development in northern New South Wales will have a week to appeal a Federal Court ruling before excavators start digging up the site.
#RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #EnvironmentalPolicy #Activism #HousingPolicy #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #HannahRoss
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Concerns new west Melbourne housing too close to pokies
By Richard WillinghamDeer Park residents are worried a plan to build 500 homes on the doorstep of pubs with high poker machine gambling losses will be a "potential social housing disaster".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/deer-park-housing-development-pokies-pub-concerns/107118040
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A $3.4b collapse exposes the mess of our housing industry
By Alan KohlerThe collapse of Bathla is a disaster for the national housing supply and affordability project: its now-stalled pipeline of 14,000 apartments represents about 18.5 per cent of new housing stock to be built in NSW this year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/bathla-collapse-affordable-housing-quality-issues/107117958
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The ACT's 99-year leases are expiring — what does that mean for home owners?
By Niki BurnsideThe ACT is the only jurisdiction in Australia that operates under a leasehold system, meaning every home owner is actually a lessor. With the first of those leases coming up for renewal, there are questions about the leasing system's origin and ongoing relevance.
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300-plus homes stalled as SA Water battles 'severe constraints'
By George YankovichA major housing development in a fast-growing South Australian region has been put on hold due to what the housing minister has described as the state's "severely constrained" water system.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/kadina-housing-sa-water-connections/107091278
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Housing affordability hits all-time low despite falling property prices
By Daniel ZifferHousing affordability has fallen to the lowest rate on record, with households earning a typical income only able to afford around one in every 10 properties sold across the country in the last financial year.
#PropertyPrices #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #HousingPolicy #DanielZiffer
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Breaking: Bathla creditors' meeting hears company owes $3.4 billion
By Lin LinBathla Group owes known creditors about $3.4 billion, including $3.08 billion to secured lenders, according to preliminary figures presented at the company's first creditors' meeting.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/bathla-creditors-meeting-company-owes-billions/107115408
#HousingConstructionIndustry #HousingPolicy #Businesses #LinLin
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Sydney developer admits renting 'affordable' apartment to staffer
By Pat McGrath and Kate AshtonA Sydney property developer admits to allowing a staff member to live in one of its north-shore affordable housing properties, in an apparent breach of planning conditions now under investigation by the local council.
#RentalHousing #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #HousingPolicy #PatMcGrath #KateAshton
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Australia's housing problems will take 'generation' to fix, NAB economist
By Gareth HutchensProperty price declines of 7 per cent will not solve Australia's housing affordability issues, NAB chief economist says.
#HousingPolicy #Banking #PropertyPrices #RentalHousing #PublicHousing #HousingConstructionIndustry #GarethHutchens
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Chalmers can't avoid questions on house prices, Marles learns from melon saga
By Courtney GouldThis week in Canberra the treasurer was grilled over the economy, the Coalition finally released its tobacco excise plan and Richard Marles gave the Trump administration a very low risk present.
#GovernmentandPolitics #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #FederalGovernment #Budget #MonetaryPolicy #Tax #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #Industry #Superannuation #HousingPolicy #CourtneyGould
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Lifelong renters face 'looming crisis' as they reach retirement
By Cindy Wockner and Kathryn RobinsonMore people are edging towards retirement as "forever renters". They are making tough decisions about work, where to live and how they will afford to retire.
#RentalHousing #RetirementPlanning #HousingPolicy #CindyWockner #KathrynRobinson
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Crackdown on alleged misuse of housing contract sunset clauses in SA
Legislation to stop homebuyers being left high and dry by developers misusing sunset clauses in contracts will soon be introduced to SA parliament, the state government says.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-01/crackdown-on-misuse-of-housing-sunset-clauses-in-sa/107101572
#HousingConstructionIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #HousingPolicy
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As the housing crisis changes way we live, is multi-generational the answer?
By Daniel Miles and Kathryn RobinsonFor generations, moving out meant finding your own place. But rising house prices, tight rental markets and the cost-of-living crunch are prompting some to rethink that traditional move.
#Family #HousingPolicy #HousingConstructionIndustry #CostofLiving #DanielMiles #KathrynRobinson
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There Is Only One Lesson Of Red Vienna
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ACT Greens call for bond transfer scheme to end stress for moving renters
By Madeleine RojahnThe ACT Greens say the current system where som renters must pay for an extra bond before their old one is returned has made moving home unaffordable for many Canberrans.
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Surge in families renting puts more children at risk of housing insecurity
By Michael JandaThere has been a 20 per cent jump in Australian children growing up in rental households this century, with this group facing an average of six moves by aged 14, according to a new research paper.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-27/more-children-are-growing-up-in-rental-housing/107082682
#HousingPolicy #RentalHousing #PropertyPrices #Children #MichaelJanda
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Hobart council advances ban on full-home short stays
By Jessica MoranHobart 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.
#HousingPolicy #TourismandLeisureIndustry #TravelandTourism #JessicaMoran
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Custom home gives outback family 'billion-dollar view'
By Victoria EllisWarumungu man Norman Frank Jupurrurla, who grew up in a tin shed, says his family's new Tennant Creek home makes him feel like he is where he is supposed to be.
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Young Australians' home ownership rate at an 80-year low, report shows
By Aoife HiltonA 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
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'Buy a tent': Single mother turned away by crisis services
By Isabella GarridoA single mother of four says she was told to "buy a tent and find somewhere to pitch it" after reaching out to every housing service in her region for help.
#Homelessness #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #IsabellaGarrido
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National rental prices rise to half average Australian income
By Liana WalkerHousing advocacy group Everybody's Home says renting a unit now costs more than half the median take-home pay of a single worker in every Australian capital city.
#RentalHousing #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #HousingPolicy #LianaWalker
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Pressure on short-stay sector grows as councils powerless to enforce caps
By Miriah DavisCity of Sydney Deputy Mayor Jess Miller warns there is nothing preventing short-term accommodation investors from exploiting new developments earmarked for NSW.
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'Nervous' residents on edge as vandals target vacant government homes
By Josh DyeAbout 50 condemned houses on the Sunshine Coast are sitting abandoned, as police step up patrols to protect residents after vandals trashed one property.
#Vandalism #InfrastructurePolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #PublicTransport #LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Police #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #JoshDye
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Blocks smaller than tennis courts allowed under Brisbane planning changes
By Lottie TwyfordThe council is expecting the changes to clear the way for terrace-style housing and townhouse developments on blocks, which can be as small as 120 square metres.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #LocalGovernment #HousingPolicy #HousingConstructionIndustry #ConstructionandRealEstateIndustry #LottieTwyford
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Gold Coast council takes housing affordability ruling to High Court, warning of statewide impacts
By Dominic CansdaleGold Coast City Council is taking its fight over whether luxury apartments can improve "housing choice and affordability" to the High Court.
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Outlook worsens for government to meet 1.2 million houses promise
By Jake EvansGovernment advisors extend their outlook on when 1.2 million homes will be built, as developers, builders and investors wait to see whether the housing market will settle or fall further.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/timeline-housing-accord-slips-further/107058404
#HousingConstructionIndustry #HousingPolicy #FederalGovernment #FederalParliament #Budget #JakeEvans
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NSW government reveals blueprint to fit an extra 1.3m people into Sydney
By Tony IbrahimThe city's east will bear the brunt of Sydney's housing growth over the next 20 years, according to a new NSW government blueprint.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/nsw-sydney-housing-blueprint-more-homes-in-east/107032114
#HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TonyIbrahim
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Extra homes in Sydney's east as city looks to squeeze in 1.3m more people
By Tony IbrahimThe city's east will bore the brunt of Sydney's housing growth over the next 20 years, according to a new NSW government blueprint.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/nsw-sydney-housing-blueprint-more-homes-in-east-/107032114
#HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #StateandTerritoryGovernment #TonyIbrahim