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Government lays foundation for social housing upswing

Billions of dollars in funding have been allocated to states and territories in Labor's plan to address shortfalls in social housing and homelessness services.

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Renters get quick relief as new housing takes time

Further support has been made available for tenants battling a rental crisis, but there's no quick fix to supply new homes.

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More tradies to be trained as housing targets loom

As Australia struggles through a housing shortage driven by workforce issues, the government has committed $90 million to training future construction tradies.

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Littleproud puts Maitland council on notice over city's housing crisis

Nationals leader David Littleproud has called for more land releases and building approval times to be slashed in a bid to reduce the housing crisis in Maitland.

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Build-to-rent piece of housing puzzle but no quick fix

Homes purposefully built for renting long term could help boost rental supply in the future but the emerging model is no silver bullet nor a short term fix.

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Groups call for federal action on youth homelessness

More than 80 organisations from across Australia have called on the federal government to address youth homelessness as the budget approaches.

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South Australia considering making reporting of homelessness deaths mandatory

Exclusive: government urged to change Coroners Act to make it compulsory for police and other authorities to report the deaths

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Australian Medical Association backs proposal to count homelessness deaths

Prof Steve Robson echoes calls from advocacy groups for government to monitor homelessness – something yet to happen in any Australian jurisdiction

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Premature deaths of hundreds of homeless Australians ‘completely unacceptable’, housing minister says

Comments from Julie Collins come in response to Guardian Australia investigation and as advocates push for new ways to monitor crisis

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Doors open to housing fund as renters fall behind

A landmark government housing fund has opened its doors to developers as new data shows rental prices grew faster than home values for a second year running.

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The Greens ring in the new year with a new fight over Australia’s housing crisis

Adam Bandt signals new rent freeze push and criticises ‘tax cuts for billionaires’ as Labor aims to get ‘help to buy’ scheme through parliament

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Support groups had to turn more homeless away in 2023

The peak body for homelessness support says members have reported more incidences of turning people away in 2023.

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No room: record numbers of Indigenous people seek help

Indigenous people experience homelessness at higher rates than non-Indigenous Australians. Advocates are calling for support of Indigenous-led solutions.

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Late payment repeat offenders to be named and shamed

Naming and shaming big businesses that are slow to cough up what they owe to small firms is set to be introduced to stamp out payment delays.

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Australia's rental market woes go from bad to worse

Regional areas in the Sunshine State are now the most unaffordable places for renters to live, as affordable housing concerns spread beyond capital cities.

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Work to build thousands of affordable homes begins

Vulnerable Australians are a step closer to having access to thousands of affordable homes as work to start building them gets under way.

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The Australian Greens lost the rent cap battle, but will they win the war for votes?

Labor decried the party as ‘the axis of evil’ for siding with the Coalition, but pollster says their stance is a vote-winner

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Karen Andrews says male MP used to ‘breathe on the back of my neck’ in parliament

Minister in former Coalition government alleges colleague also subjected her to ‘thrusting’ innuendo during question time

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Labor not ruling out raising income-free area for jobseeker – as it happened

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National cabinet puts renters’ rights on next meeting’s agenda

Renters rights will soon be considered by national cabinet, but the federal government has rejected a Greens proposal to cap rent increases

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Australian government seeks urgent legal advice on double dissolution over housing bill standoff

Labor used question time to pile pressure on the Greens, accusing them of caring more about retweets than rentals

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Greens and Coalition put Labor’s housing fund in a deep freeze sparking threats of double dissolution election

Labor’s Don Farrell warns the government will regard the delay until October as a ‘failure to pass’ the bill

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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

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Greens knock back Labor’s proposed housing fund tweaks

The government is proposing key changes to its $10 billion housing fund but the Greens say Labor is still not moving on its two key demands.

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Labor guarantees minimum $500m each year for housing in bid to win Greens support

Housing minister says work for social and affordable homes can begin as soon as future fund is established but Greens say it should begin now

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