Housing Policy

Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate wants to see more affordable homes after more than 500 were axed from a new development.

Today's ACT budget will deliver measures to make the territory the first Australian jurisdiction to remove stamp duty for all first home buyers, the government says.

Delays in maintenance repairs, including mould removal, are forcing families to sleep on mattresses in living rooms, adding to overcrowding pressures in remote homes.

The ACT government describes its land release and housing supply program as "ambitious" but "achievable". So what are these 26,000 homes going to look like, and where are they going to be built?

Hopeful renters say negative stereotypes about young people are making it almost impossible to secure a rental on the Sunshine Coast. 

With two Australian banks cutting fixed home loan rates, there is a ray of hope that the cycle of interest rate hikes has peaked and borrowing costs may be lower down the track — another sign the pace of economic change has moved into overdrive.

Sydney property prices have dipped 0.9 per cent in the past month, following a tepid six months. But how worried should home owners be?

Amid some of the most drastic proposed changes to Australia's tax system in decades and years of skyrocketing home values, one leading expert says it is an idea "worth considering".

Zoe Pepper and Fiona Wright are among the millennial artists using their work to tackle the housing crisis, which has seen house prices rise by 400 per cent in 25 years.

The rise of One Nation is partly behind the government's decision to take on tax reform in this year's budget, the prime minister has admitted.

After Barnaby Joyce needed a do-over interview to explain One Nation's housing policy, a senator's interview was terminated after it turned into a 'train wreck'.

Anthony Albanese says the government's tax reforms are proof it is "not here to simply occupy the space or pass the time".

Politicians have been hesitant to say whether prices should rise or fall, as both sides of politics feel the pressure of trying to appease voters who own and voters who are trying to buy.

A 46-year-old former "forever renter" believes her house is now worth less than what she paid for it and she is at risk of slipping into negative equity, which would mean her Marrickville home could be worth less than what she owes the bank. 

Cuts to South Australia's public service and new funding for a treaty commission have been announced as the state Labor government gets set to reveal its budget on Thursday.

A financial review into Tasmania's soon-to-be-axed state housing authority says it relies too heavily on spreadsheets, and noted problems with transparency and effective decision-making.

Before the federal budget, the housing market was already starting to choke on its own excesses. Now some economists are tipping an extended period where home prices grow no faster than general inflation.

Why has Labor decided to spend the political capital of a large majority on a minor change to capital gains tax on businesses? 

The housing minister says the federal budget will have only a "mild" impact on house prices, and if predictions bear out that house prices may drop by 10 per cent, that won't be due to the government's tax changes.

According to research from the Actuaries Institute, inequality between the younger and older generations is widening and could reach record levels within years.