Affordable housing
‘It’s a small part of the world’: Williamstown home sells for $1.17m
The freestanding house at the rear of a period home attracted six bidders, with downsizers and young couples pushing the price $100,000 above the reserve.
- Shona Hendley
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- Analysis
- Auctions
Why the property market just slipped below a key benchmark
Potential property buyers have been weighed down with worries at the start of this year, and it could affect price growth.
- Wes Mountain
- Opinion
- Planning
This new waterfront suburb will reshape Sydney, but who will get to live there?
If we are sacrificing a working harbour to build this shiny new precinct, we cannot sacrifice working Sydneysiders too.
- Estelle Grech
- Editorial
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A few crumbs to low-to-moderate income earners is bad planning
The Minns government should rethink Bays West affordable housing limits.
- The Herald's View
Moreton Bay council ‘violated human rights’ of homeless campers, court rules
The decision handed down in Brisbane’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled Moreton Bay City Council had made several “errors of law” when evicting a homeless encampment from public parks last year.
- Courtney Kruk
The ‘gentle’ yet profitable solution to Melbourne’s housing crisis
A popular style of housing offers more homes in parts of Melbourne where people want to live, and it’s already on the rise.
- Wes Mountain
The zombie debate about negative gearing is back. What’s at stake?
Negative gearing is back on the agenda. Labor says it’s just looking at possible policy. The Greens are squeezing the government for big changes. Here’s what it all means.
- Millie Muroi
The PM’s high-speed gamble: The world’s longest rail tunnel or deepest money pit
A decades-long dream of high-speed rail is within touching distance. But don’t start packing your suitcase for a trip to Newcastle quite yet.
- Shane Wright and Matt O'Sullivan
- Opinion
- Renting
Renting in Berlin made me realise just how badly we are treated in Australia
More and more Australians are never going to own a home. When are we going to give them the rights they deserve?
- Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier
- Opinion
- Defence
Park your hysteria. Selling off land the size of Switzerland is a no-brainer
The overwrought reaction to the much-needed audit of Defence properties this month highlights the huge problems this country has dealing with difficult – or even not-so-difficult – issues.
- Shane Wright