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People are exhausted, angry and anxious: what I learned from your stories of Australia’s housing affordability crisis

Hundreds of reader replies about housing create a picture of overwhelming insecurity. People across the income spectrum are being forced to change the way they live

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Meet the forever renters: ‘Nobody wants to be in share housing when they’re in their late 70s’

After long careers and now expecting easier lives, a cohort of older Australians are instead struggling with housing affordability and security

The Guardian - AU

Share with parents or rent forever: ‘I have put life on hold while trying to buy a house’

Thanks to the housing crisis, Australians are learning to live together in ways previously associated with students and twentysomethings. Can we accept it as the new norm?

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Build-to-rent piece of housing puzzle but no quick fix

Homes purposefully built for renting long term could help boost rental supply in the future but the emerging model is no silver bullet nor a short term fix.

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'No silver bullet' for housing crisis, experts warn

Australia needs to build more than one million homes over the next five years, but experts and politicians are divided on how to get there.

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Build to rent? The Melbourne apartments where a third of tenants are being kicked out or getting rent hikes

After only a year in their new Fitzroy homes, some tenants say they are being forced to leave with no explanation. Advocates say it shows there are still holes in rental laws

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Knock down a few, build one: in NSW that counts as a gain for councils’ housing targets

Exclusive: Metrics reflect gross addition to supply, even as unit blocks in affluent Sydney suburbs are being replaced by luxury single properties

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Australian rents are rising at the fastest rate since the GFC – and from a higher base

Data shows annual rent increases in all major cities topped 10% last year as advocates warn low-income earners are being priced out of the market

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Melbourne city moves towards limiting short-stay rentals such as Airbnb

City of Melbourne council approved in-principle regulations on short-stay rental accommodation on Tuesday night, with a view to combating the housing crisis

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Could rent controls ease Australia’s housing crisis?

Advocates say caps or freezes may help reduce pressure on renters but experts warn they are not a simple fix

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Short-stay taxes may soon move beyond councils

The City of Hobart Council’s move to increase rates on short-stay rentals may soon become standard across Australia.

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Sunshine Coast Council to speed up plans for up to 100 affordable rental properties as crisis mounts

The Sunshine Coast Council, frustrated over the housing shortage as its population booms, takes planning matters into its own hands and pushes for state and federal support.

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'Cascade effect' pushing people into homelessness after rental prices, property scarcity hit records

With the national rental vacancy rate at a record low for a fourth straight month, welfare workers say they are seeing more and more people being pushed into homelessness.

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Living with density: will Australia’s housing crisis finally change the way its cities work?

Experts agree medium – and high-density development in established suburbs is an essential part of making housing more affordable. But the opposition from existing home owners is fierce

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Australia's rental crisis is especially tight on the Gold Coast. How can we free up empty homes?

As rents surge and thousands face housing insecurity, statistics suggest almost three in 10 houses are empty in parts of Queensland's Gold Coast, while the national average is 10 per cent.

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Albanese government’s housing agenda stalls in the Senate as March rents soar across the nation

The despair caused by Australia’s housing crisis was evident this week as politicians traded barbs about a new construction fund in Canberra while the

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How would rent caps work in Australia and how might they affect affordability?

Advocates call for price controls to provide cost-of-living relief, while investors argue they will cause a drop in supply

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