2008-07-18 StarNewsGroup

Surf Coast residents are moving to Geelong in a reversal of the sea change phenomenon, according to new government statistics. But the Department of Planning and Community Development figures show Geelong is losing residents to neighbouring Golden Plains Shire as city dwellers opt for tree changes...

2008-07-17 Abc News online

Changes to unit title laws will 'increase costs'

The Strata Managers Institute (SMI) says proposed changes to ACT laws governing home units will increase costs for both owners and tenants. The Unit Titles Amendments Act will take the interest earned on body corporate fees to fund the new ACT Civil and Administrative...

2008-07-16 Adelaide Now

New sub-division: Homes from $160,000

will be on offer when a new sub-division goes on sale on Sunday at the $1 billion Playford North urban development. Fifty-three allotments at Andrews Farm will be available as part of the initial release, which already has generated...

2008-06-30 RMIT Openline

Housing experts under one roof

The benefits and risks of reverse mortgages for older people, homelessness in central Melbourne, and lifetime affordable housing were among the topics discussed at a conference earlier this...

2008-06-30 Australian Policy Online

Housing stress and the mental health and wellbeing of families

Housing is one of the most basic needs for families, and yet for many Australians it is increasingly at risk. The costs associated with the provision of housing are among the largest ongoing expenses that families will incur over their...

2008-06-25 The Daily Telegraph

Home vultures swoop

UNSCRUPULOUS mortgage vultures are targetting struggling families, conning them into selling their homes at bargain basement prices as they battle with the soaring cost of...

2008-06-24 Aged Care Guide

Longer term support needed for Australia's homeless

Australia s homeless people are keen to be self-reliant, but they continue to need assistance long after official support programs end, and need further help dealing with stress and income and employment...

2008-06-18 The Daily Telegraph

Call to raise first homebuyers' grant

Senate report calls for revamp of first home owners grant scheme The value of the subsidy is now worth just 2pc of average purchase price Concern is that higher subsidy will push up demand and...

2008-06-04 Abc News online

Fears homeless youth will get lost in the system

A central Victorian welfare group is worried young homeless people could fall through the gaps of a national plan to tackle homelessness. The Federal Government has released a green paper on the issue and is calling for public...

2008-05-27 Abc News online

Broken Hill tops affordable housing list

Broken Hill has been named the city with the most affordable housing in Australia. Property researcher Terry Ryder says, it tops the list of locations around the country with the number of properties on offer for under $200...

2008-05-21 Sydney Morning Herald

First-home buyer hopes fade

Hope is fading for first-home buyers battling to enter the housing market, with a report out today showing housing affordability at an all-time low. The Housing Industry Industry Association-Commonwealth Bank first-home buyer affordability index fell by...

2008-03-14 The West Australian

Buswell outlines plan to fix rental crisis

A WA Liberal government would quickly release government land to build affordable housing and address the states rental crisis, Opposition Leader Troy Buswell...

2008-02-08 Brisbane Times

Flats and farms give economy a lift

STRONG demand in the farming sector and apartment building has helped buoy the economy in recent months, with two surveys showing surging growth in each...

2008-01-29 Radio Australia

AUSTRALIA: Homelesness poorly understood - 28/01/2008

The Executive Directive of the Brotherhood of St Lawrence, Tony Nicholson will head the government committee into homelessness. Mr Nicholson says it's a serious problem that many Australians fail to...

2008-01-29 Manningham Leader

Only death opens doors

OLDER people seeking public housing in Manningham will have to wait until people die to get a look in, a public housing manager...

2008-01-29 Noosa News

Soaring rents a big downer

By Nicola Kerkenezov & Grant Reynolds Sarah Bartlem and her family have been at their wits end. The 21-year-old and partner Kelhan Lyne, 22, have been looking for three months for an affordable place to live between Gympie and...

2008-01-28 Abc News online

Rudd seeks 'new approach' to homelessness

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says it is unacceptable that after 16 years of economic growth, up to 100,000 Australians can be sleeping in shelters or on the streets on any given...

2008-01-28 News.com.au

World's least affordable homes

AUSTRALIAN home-buyers have the highest interest rates and stamp duty in the western world, making our housing affordability the worst on the planet. Mr Swan, who has been battling the banks over rate rises and trying to contain inflation, paid off his Brisbane home more than a decade...

2008-01-26 Abc News online

Subprime victims

Forget about the lost furnishings and finances, the most pitiful victims of the subprime mortgage crisis rocking the United States are the family...

2008-01-25 ScienceAlert

State housing supports needy

AIHW Commonwealth State Housing assistance is very important for households whose needs cannot be met by the private rental market, according to three reports released 24 January 2008 by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).