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Push to redirect Vic COVID-19 debt taxes, future fund

The Victorian Greens will move changes to tax legislation to convert controversial COVID-19 debt levies and a $7.9 billion fund to address poverty and housing.

AAP · Jun 18, 2023

Mortgage help ‘not ruled out’, says minister Michael Gove

The Levelling Up Secretary adds he does not have a mortgage himself

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2023

Greens renew push for rent freeze as housing bodies say ‘time is of the essence’ to pass Labor bill

Nick McKim to introduce private member’s bill in Senate to promote market intervention

The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2023

Millions are facing soaring mortgage rates. How did we leave them so vulnerable?

Homeowners in Britain are especially at risk because of a shortage of long-term loans. The sooner the Bank of England acts to fix this the better

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023

‘I transformed a run-down house in Greater Manchester and made £64,000'

Property entrepreneur Jack Smith, 26, sources and buys cheap doer-uppers across the region to renovate and sell for profit

Manchester Evening News · Jun 18, 2023

Labor has boosted its housing package but will it be enough to win over the Greens?

The government and the Greens have made compromises over the housing future fund, but sticking points remain

The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2023

Rural cops living in rat-infested squalor as Police Scotland struggles with upkeep

Some homes are in such a bad state that neighbours have complained – to their local police station.

Daily Record · Jun 18, 2023

Labor details which states will get how much from $2b housing boost

PMAnthony Albanese has revealed which states will get what from the $2 billion investment in social housing

The New Daily · Jun 18, 2023

Judge characterizes skid row housing receivership as ‘a mess’ for 1,500 tenants

LOS ANGELES — In his own words, the judge was between “a rock and a hard place.”

Los Angeles Times · Jun 17, 2023

The people next door

Homebuyers of a generation that has seen the 1968 hit Padosan may nurse expectations that a vision of loveliness will be visible through their front window. But such fantasies are eclipsed when reality, or more specifically, realty bites.

The Hindu · Jun 17, 2023