The Latest Breaking News from Housing Australia

Funding an extra 5000 social properties through a partnership with the community housing sector will help get more people into homes sooner, advocates say.

There’s a new bill before federal parliament calling for housing to be considered a fundamental human right.

Housing and homelessness bodies are urging parliamentarians to fast-track the establishment of a national fund in order to begin addressing the nation's crises.

Housing Minister Julie Collins will introduce legislation to set up a housing future fund which aims to increase the number of social and affordable homes.

The Albanese government’s housing package moved a step closer to delivery with the recent release of draft legislation. The bills are expected to be tabled in parliament soon. After a decade of general federal disengagement from housing policy (first home ownership being the main exception), this is more than welcome.

Housing took centre stage in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’s first budget this week. Relatively modest but positive steps were made towards tackling Australia’s worsening shortage of affordable social housing, as well as the broader challenge of housing affordability. But parts of the package cast some doubt on the new government’s analysis…