The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) and ACT Shelter have today welcomed a motion by Shadow Minister for Housing, Mark Parton MLA, calling for an urgent review of the ACT Government’s Housing Strategy and for more support to enable Community Housing Providers to deliver additional social housing.
In this opinion piece, Liberal Senator for the ACT, Senator Zed Seselja, argues it is the ACT Labor-Greens Government's deliberate squeeze on land supply that is at the core of the ACT housing crisis.
The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) is imploring the ACT Government to urgently implement a raft of policies to help fix Canberra’s housing and rental crisis, while welcoming the ACT Opposition’s...
Demand for affordable housing outstripped supply by a factor of 30 in the lead-up to the sale of 34 homes in the south-west Belconnen development of Ginninderry last weekend, 6-7 November.
In the...
A Business Insider article made waves last month arguing “baby boomers are making the 2021 housing crisis worse” by staying put in their empty nests and not moving into smaller dwellings.
The article...
The new ‘Flexi-living Homes’ in the fast-growing suburb of Strathnairn are now open for ballot registrations and are boosting the supply of affordable housing in the ACT.
Thirty-seven homes are on offer, and...
The latest Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) report from the June quarter reveals bleak times for ACT rental affordability, while much of the rest of Australia is slowly starting to improve.
Across...
Housing affordability has been on the decline for the past two decades and will continue to be an issue if household income does not increase, the Real Estate Institute of Australia warns.
