Australia stepping up to the challenge
Buyers are turning to regional Australia for housing affordability, but little relief can be found in some of the fastest-growing areas outside the cities.
A new apprenticeship scheme could soon help bring construction costs down, but another key factor has been identified as the biggest impediment to new housing.
Angus Taylor has put housing front and centre of his priorities as the newest leader of the federal Liberal Party.
Despite predictions that a five per cent deposit scheme will drive up house prices, analysts say the government policy could be good news for the nation's renters.
Funding support for crucial roads, paths and drains could pave the way for more homes as the regions buckle under the weight of the housing crisis.
In a scene playing out across the country, passionate locals have filed into a town hall and taken up battle positions to fix housing affordability woes.
An expanded government scheme to help first-home buyers clear the deposit hurdle could pour more fuel on the red-hot property market, housing experts warn.
Owning a home has been out of reach for many Australians for many years but a new federal deposit scheme starting today aims to give first home buyers a leg up.
The great Australian dream of property ownership continues to resemble a nightmare for many buyers as prices surge and the supply of homes dwindles.
Unit approvals fall by a third in August, weighing heavily on government hopes that higher density homes will help solve the housing crisis.
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