Juliet Helmke

Housing minister Clare O'Neil has unveiled one of the government's “big, immediate areas of new reform” to help increase Australia's capacity to build new homes.

A scheme by one state government has ignited a trend among legislators across the country.

In the face of Australia's housing challenges, there's a lot of talk about building "diverse" housing.

With new funding for Sydney hotspots on the cusp of rapid growth as well as financing for programs to support pre-fab and apartment building, the NSW state budget bankrolls a number of new and expanded housing measures.

Others to win awards included a new build-to-rent project at the site of an old brickworks, and a new affordable housing project in inner-city Sydney.

At a time when the country is looking to increase new homes starts, one change could see a substantial number of contracts fall over before construction has begun

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Add as a preferred source on Google With prices starting from $250,000, these South Australian lots aren't available to everyone.

In a housing crisis, no home should be unused. But too often residential properties sit vacant while developers wait to begin work on their next phase.

The Productivity Council's interim report on housing supply asks Australians to consider upzoning all major cities to at least three storeys.