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Why the cookie-cutter can’t solve Sydney’s housing crisis
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Opinion

Why the cookie-cutter can’t solve Sydney’s housing crisis

Creating templated homes will degrade the suburbs further and leave councils and communities furious.

  • by Tone Wheeler

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Revealed: How fast each Sydney council approves new homes

Revealed: How fast each Sydney council approves new homes

According to a new league table, 21 Sydney councils are taking more than an average 115 days to approve development applications. See how yours ranks.

  • by Alexandra Smith
Stop fishing for red herrings and start fixing the problems
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Stop fishing for red herrings and start fixing the problems

There’s an urgent need to lessen the cost-of-living crisis, provide more homes and drive investment. Playing the blame game is not helping anyone.

  • by Bran Black
Sydney mayor’s brazen attempt to annex half an LGA

Sydney mayor’s brazen attempt to annex half an LGA

Despite the severe housing crisis, Sydney councils are spending an inordinate amount of time and energy plotting mergers and demergers they can’t afford.

  • by Michael Koziol
Couple loses property fight after highway swallows $5.5 million dream

Couple loses property fight after highway swallows $5.5 million dream

Raymond and Wendy Dibb saw a chance to make money out of a small rural property. They were not planning on a $2.2 billion highway barrelling through their plans.

  • by Catherine Naylor
Sydney’s housing reforms have shaken up the city. There’s more to come

Sydney’s housing reforms have shaken up the city. There’s more to come

The premier says the need to get more homes built, particularly for young people, is not going to disappear any time soon.

  • by Christopher Harris
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Surprising NSW regional towns where rents rose most

Surprising NSW regional towns where rents rose most

The median weekly house rent in NSW regional and coastal areas is the highest yet, only $175 a week less than Sydney.

  • by Sue Williams
Brisbane rents hit record highs, as tenants max out budgets in many suburbs

Brisbane rents hit record highs, as tenants max out budgets in many suburbs

Brisbane is now the second-most expensive capital city to rent a unit. But in several areas, tenants have nothing more left to offer.

  • by Sarah Webb
Tenants feel ‘rental anxiety’ as Melbourne rents hit record high

Tenants feel ‘rental anxiety’ as Melbourne rents hit record high

The typical house costs $60 per week more to rent than it did a year ago, leaving some tenants fearful of lifelong housing insecurity.

  • by Jim Malo
Student crackdown will lead to lasting economic pain: business council

Student crackdown will lead to lasting economic pain: business council

The Australian Business Council argues capping foreign student numbers could “irreparably damage” the higher education sector and even hit supermarkets.

  • by Angus Thompson
How Australia can house a growing population without building more homes

How Australia can house a growing population without building more homes

The government wants 1.2 million homes built over the next five years. But what about the 3.5 million spare bedrooms across the country?

  • by Sue Williams