Rental Housing

A subdivision in a South Australian town with a severe housing shortage is stopped by the Native Vegetation Council because of the diversity of plant species on the property. Three rare animals may also live there.

A small town in the centre of Queensland's South Burnett wine region is enjoying an economic revival and tranquil lifestyle for residents.

Renters searching for affordable housing have been at the forefront of Australia's housing crisis. But landlords say bad tenants and state-based reforms are making it tough for them too.

The median weekly rent for new tenancies in Brisbane that began in the June quarter reached $540, which was up from $460 the same time the year before.

Queensland's Residential Tenancies Authority could be facing a shake-up after issuing just four fines in the past year despite identifying hundreds of offences by landlords and real estate agents.

A family says a flat pack bungalow assembled in their Moe backyard gave their daughter the space she needed to complete high school. 

Vienna is often pointed to as a Western city that is getting its housing strategy right. So how do they do it? 

A lack of affordable and available housing is driving young families from Port Fairy, prompting fears for the future of the town's two primary schools.

Elderly residents being forced to vacate their accommodation are among a growing number of older people struggling amid the rental crisis. 

New CSIRO research has found the Australian tech sector is clustered in four major capital cities, 60 metropolitan suburbs and 36 regional towns.  

The Greens are urging to government to negotiate on the minor party's call for rent freezes, as Labor threatens an early election on the bill.

Queensland’s powerful rental regulator is accused of going soft on law-breaking landlords and letting down tenants — who it is designed to protect.

As many city dwellers flock to coastal regions, many essential workers are being priced out of the rental market on the Queensland coast.

Latest data shows Gold Coast rents have risen by more than 18 per cent over the past three years to an average of $820 a week, forcing people who grew up in the area to find a new place to call home. 

The Reserve Bank is hiking interest rates — and hitting borrowers — to fight high inflation, but data suggests the fight is being undermined by big-spending baby boomers.

NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully defends his decision to approve a 13,000-home development in the Wollondilly Shire with just 187 affordable dwellings, saying that adding more would be a cost to the developer.

Higher interest rates and rising house prices have not deterred migrants, retirees and first home buyers relying on "the bank of mum and dad" from buying property, despite data showing a lower number of property settlements.

A survey by 'Everbody's Home', shows four in five renters are spending more than 30 per cent of their income on housing.

The Victorian government is offering a $150 million regional worker accommodation package after cancelling the Commonwealth Games. But will communities that have already found their own staff housing solutions get a share?

One capital city continues to lead the charge, while only one city records falling prices, as Australia's housing values increase.

In 2018, Canada's British Columbia introduced a tax against vacant homes. Three years later, more than 20,000 rentals were back on the market.

Analysis from CoreLogic suggests Australia's rental market may see a reprieve from high rental growth next year as the Reserve Bank reaches the end of its latest interest rate hiking cycle.

The operators of an aged care facility in Byron Bay are seeking to shut its doors- but some remaining residents are refusing to leave.

Only one per cent of rentals in Australia are affordable on the disability support pension, according to the disability royal commission. Add to that the need for accessibility, and the options are more scarce. 

Doctors and nurses are among those struggling to find accommodation in regional Western Australia, yet a 12-bed nursing quarters at a country hospital in Collie remains closed with no plans to fix it.