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Creative solutions are needed to hit the ambitious national target set out by the government to boost desperately needed supply and solve Australia’s housing crisis.

With targets, funds and a mandate ‘to do things differently’, Tasmania’s new housing strategy might be just what the rest of the country needs.

Developers say land banking reflects good business while critics say it pushes up prices. But the federal government’s housing body says the jury’s still out.

The homes were not built over the past 20 years chiefly due to costly zoning, planning and building red tape imposed by councils, according to new research by a former RBA economist.

Exclusive: Minister says providing incentives to developers to convert surplus commercial space presents a ‘good opportunity’ for the state

Affordable housing in Echuca-Moama and the social and economic ramifications for failing to address it were discussed at the Let’s Talk Housing event hosted by the C...

Thursday, 13 May 2021, 3:57 pm On 30 April, Australia’s building ministers agreed to include minimum accessibility standards in the 2022 National Construction Code. This decision reflects how housing needs to be more flexible to meet the changing needs of an aging population during the next decades. Within 40 years, the number of Australians with a mobility limitation is estimated to almost double from 3 million to nearly 6 million. The recent challenges experienced by the aged care sector d...

Article – Property and Build On 30 April, Australias building ministers agreed to include minimum accessibility standards in the 2022 National Construction Code. This decision reflects how housing needs to be more flexible to meet the changing needs of an aging population during … On 30 April, Australia’s building ministers agreed to include minimum accessibility standards in the 2022 National Construction Code. This decision reflects how housing needs to be more flexible to meet the cha...

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Converting empty offices into apartments is back on the agenda, with New South Wales chief economist Stephen Walters suggesting it could be a solution to revitalising a floundering city centre. There are murmurs from developers in other cities too. However, leading design industry practitioners say the only Australian office buildings viable for conversion to residential flats were built before the 1980s. Pradolin’s organisation has been using vacant buildings awaiting development approval...