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Edinburgh locals in bid to save state school from turning into student flat development

Members of Living Rent, a tenant and community union, have been campaigning against the development since its proposal. Despite the council rejecting it last year, the plans were approved earlier in January.

Edinburgh Live · Feb 12, 2023

Plans that will change Bristol forever set to be decided in same D-Day meeting

From Clifton to Knowle, Bristol might not be the same again

Bristol Post · Feb 12, 2023

Cheapest flat in Glasgow’s southside up for auction for only £25K but there is a catch

The cheapest flat in Glasgow’s Southside is up for auction for only £25,000 which means repayments of around £142 for a mortgage with ‘vast potential’ but there is a catch.

Glasgow Live · Feb 12, 2023

LA Mayor Bass orders list of vacant city properties where homeless housing could be built

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ordered city officials on Friday to prepare a list of the city’s surplus and unused properties over the next three weeks, the first major step in identifying which ones will be used for building homeless housing.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 12, 2023

RBA governor faces grilling on 'hawkish' rate hike talk

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe will appear before parliamentary committees this week after what's been labelled as a "hawkish" shift for the central bank.

AAP · Feb 12, 2023

Push on for levy on vacant houses in Hobart, Glenorchy, Launceston to address Tasmania's rent crisis

A new alliance of community organisations is pushing for a levy to be paid by owners if houses are not occupied, as a means of addressing Tasmania's rental crisis, pointing to Vancouver, Canada, as an example of a similar measure working.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2023

Intervention for energy prices working, says treasurer

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says intervention in the energy market is working and that a decision will be made mid-year on the fate of RBA governor Philip Lowe.

AAP · Feb 11, 2023

Geelong resident works full-time and has own business but still can't afford a rental

Living in regional Victoria is becoming increasingly unaffordable as housing demand exceeds supply

ABC News · Feb 11, 2023

Proposals by NSW major parties to fix Mascot Towers saga do not go far enough, owners say

NSW Liberals and the opposition pledge to help residents of the defect-plagued building, but for owner Rachael Williams it has taken too long and she is calling on the government to "fix what you've created".

ABC News · Feb 11, 2023

"We're almost there - now MPs must secure Awaab's Law to change lives in his memory"

Thousands of people could be helped following the campaign

Manchester Evening News · Feb 11, 2023