Tag: The Conversation

What do we lose when our old suburbs disappear?

What happens when we lose those suburban streets whose houses are too

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Many Australians face losing their homes right now. Here’s how the government should help

A proposed HomeKeeper program could help financially-viable Australians keep their homes during

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If you squat in a vacant property, does the law give you the house for free? Well, sort of

The idea of “squatters’ rights” has received a lot of media attention

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Stamp duty is holding us back from moving homes – we’ve worked out how much

If just one state of Australia scrapped its stamp duty on real-estate

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‘I’m home’: how co-operative housing could take pressure off Australia’s housing crisis

At a time when everything from abolishing negative gearing to capping rents

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Prefabricated and build-to-rent houses could help bring rents down

If the government can deliver 1.2 million homes over five years, experts

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The government’s Help to Buy scheme will help but it won’t solve the housing crisis

The federal government's contentious Help to Buy scheme will help ease the

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How Albanese could tweak negative gearing to save money and build more new homes

There are two things the prime minister needs to get into his

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Australia is welcoming more migrants but they lack the skills to build more houses

Australia has an acute shortage of housing. Renters across the country face

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