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Latest news: Housing Crisis

Labor’s housing fund stalls as crossbench demands more

A $10 billion housing future fund needs the support of the Greens and crossbenchers to pass, but Labor has yet to budge on amendments.

Opposition mounting to Labor’s $10b social housing fund

The Greens and key crossbenchers are not convinced the Albanese government's social housing fund will do enough to ease Australia's worsening housing crisis.

Surging homelessness rates spark calls for more action

Climbing homelessness rates have prompted calls for more action to solve Australia's housing crisis as crossbenchers continue to negotiate with the federal government on its signature housing policy.

Hundreds of Australian children sleeping rough as homelessness surges

The latest Census data reveals 387 children were sleeping rough on Census night in 2021, as the overall number of people experiencing homelessness surged by five per cent.

HIA welcomes Chief Minister’s signals on ‘missing middle’

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has welcomed comments from ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr about improving medium density housing opportunities in the capital, including dual-occupancies, but says the time for talk is over and action is required.

Housing squeeze pushing regional Australians further out

Regional Australians are moving further away from capital cities, likely pushed out of some country areas by the housing squeeze and soaring rents, a new report says.

Territory Plan missing the middle, Canberrans call for housing change

At least 100,000 new ACT residents will need to be housed during the next decade and Missing Middle Canberra say medium density housing will ease the substantial rental load. 

ACT will be 7,100 dwellings short of housing target, MBA warns

The ACT’s lack of housing supply is set to worsen with new analysis from MBA predicting the Territory will fall 7,100 dwellings short of it's housing target.

Homelessness rises in ACT while social housing dwindles

The ACT Government is spending more on homelessness than ever before but less on social housing; homelessness worsens while the number of public housing dwellings falls, according to the Australian Government Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services data published this week.

National housing accord needs renovation

New laws to set up a Housing Australia Future Fund aren't expected to save people from tipping into housing stress or homelessness.

ACT annual dwelling starts expected to slump to 5,000

The construction of new residential dwelling starts in the ACT is predicted to fall from 5,810 in 2022 to 5,000 in 2024, as shown in MBA's forecasts released this week.

Battlers fare worst in Australia’s rental home crunch

Tenants moving house face steep rental hikes but the overall market is rising at a more moderate rate.

Parton: Rental reforms will have serious impact on ACT market

Canberra is in the middle of the worst rental affordability crisis in our history, and if Labor and the Greens have their way it'll get worse, argues Liberal MLA Mark Parton.

Elizabeth Lee to lead Canberra Liberals shadow housing ministry

In response to the ACT Government’s Budget housing package, Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee has today announced she will be fronting a shadow ministry of housing, targeting affordability and choice.

Will ACT Budget housing package ease local housing crisis?

The ACT Government last week laid out the housing package in the upcoming ACT 2022-23 Budget and has committed to developing around 30,000 new dwellings across the next five years. But will it help to ease the ACT’s housing crisis?

ACT Land and Property Report: 19,871 applications for 152 land blocks

The ACT Land and Property Report has been published today reporting a snapshot of Canberra's land and property market activity, and Canberra Liberals says Canberrans are being "deprived" while Minister Berry says the government must remain "sensible".

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