Affordable Housing

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How many 20 minute neighbourhoods does Melbourne really have?

Walkable cities are gaining traction. Our Map of the Month shows which Melbourne suburbs are walking distance to childcare, pharmacies and GPs

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Business & Economics

More Australian adult children are living with their parents longer

Australian parents are waiting longer for an empty nest as their adult children are living under the same roof for longer, finds the annual HILDA survey

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Sciences & Technology

How Australia’s prefab industry can help the housing crisis

Prefabrication is a practical solution to meet Victoria’s urgent housing needs by providing speedy and cost-efficient dwellings

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Environment

Building social value into affordable housing

Unprecedented investment in social and affordable housing in Victoria is an opportunity to create social, as well as physical, infrastructure

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Business & Economics

Home ownership stays a pipe dream for many

Despite rising numbers of new home loans amid the COVID-19 economic recovery, the outlook for housing affordability remains bleak and more of us will be renting long term

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Business & Economics

Is rent-for-life becoming the new norm for families?

The age group with the highest proportion of renters moving into home-ownership each year is now the 55-64 year-olds

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Politics & Society

Melbourne's housing crisis and homelessness

As Melbourne faces a growing housing crisis, pockets of innovation are offering some people a leg up out of social housing and into home ownership

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Business & Economics

Australia’s housing: Hard crash or soft landing?

After 25 years recession free - could our complacency about Australia’s euphoric house market be coming to an end?

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Business & Economics

Greater density or urban sprawl

Regional development and apartment living hold keys to fixing the burgeoning problem of the housing challenge

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Business & Economics

Boom town busts affordability

Australia’s long boom in property prices has run into an affordability crisis raising urgent policy questions in an election year.

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