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.
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.
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.
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.Â
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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".
House and unit values in Canberra have been rising from new record to new record, and one Canberra suburb's median house value has soared past $2 million in the June Quarter.
While owning a home remains beyond reach for millions of Australians, those first home buyers who manage to crack the market may increasingly be getting in over their heads.
Australia's housing system is not just broken but in meltdown, and all levels of government must take urgent action to fix the crisis, Anglicare Australia says.
