A worsening housing crisis and skyrocketing rents has seen the number of people sleeping rough increase by 55 per cent since 2020 in NSW. The Community Housing Industry Association NSW revealed more households across the state had been hit by the housing crisis, forcing people to live on the streets.Continue Reading
The government has gone all-in on its strategy to solve the crippling housing crisis, upping its bet on a long-term fix over short-term relief. Tuesday’s budget includes $6.2 billion of additional spending for new measures to boost housing supply via social housing investment, infrastructure improvement, and student accommodation. It addsContinue Reading
A domestic violence victim who was plunged into six years of homelessness after escaping her abusive ex-husband has issued a plea for the government to guarantee and boost a program that helped her secure a home. In 2014, Maitland mum Heather Bosworth, 44, was evicted from her home after sheContinue Reading
Labor is “catastrophically failing” to meet the challenge of Australia’s worsening housing crisis, the Greens say, after a new government report revealed massive issues in the system. The National Housing Supply and Affordability Council has handed its inaugural State of the Housing System annual report to Housing Minister Julie CollinsContinue Reading
A war of words has erupted in a tiny outback town where locals claim they have been blindsided by plans to hand over “95 per cent” of their community to an Aboriginal corporation as freehold. Toobeah, a town of around 30 residents in the Darling Downs region on the borderContinue Reading
A leading Sydney mayor has described Chris Minns as a “dictator” and “bully” for threatening to go “nuclear” on councils who oppose his major housing reforms. In an exclusive sit-down with news.com.au, New South Wales Premier Mr Minns warned the skyrocketing cost of rents and ever-rising home prices had forcedContinue Reading
A multi-billion dollar cash injection to increase social housing stock will be announced as part of a plan to halve overcrowding in remote communities. The $4bn 10-year extension of the National Partnership for Remote Housing NT will be outlined by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese while on a visit to theContinue Reading
A man living in a makeshift tent community in the heart of Steven Miles’ own electorate has revealed the true extent of Queensland’s homeless and housing crisis as department staff scramble to find safe accommodation for some of the young families sleeping rough. Zane McGill was the first to startContinue Reading
Working a full-time job and earning a decent income are no longer safeguards against experiencing severe forms of financial distress, including food insecurity and even poverty, experts warn. Australia’s worsening cost-of-living crisis and a severe housing shortage have pushed millions of households to the brink in recent years, with littleContinue Reading
New data has revealed the extent of one state’s homelessness crisis as housing affordability continues to “plummet” across the nation. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has revealed the number of people in NSW receiving assistance at specialist homelessness services. Out of the state’s 128 local government areas, asContinue Reading