The Sydney Morning Herald logo

Housing crisis

Advertisement
Crows Nest resident Geoff Hanmer is concerned by the prospect of weekend construction noise.

The council, the developer and the $640m threat to Sydney’s weekend

The city’s race to meet housing targets is colliding head-on with community expectations in a dispute over working hours.

  • David Barwell

Latest

Claire and her partner are 23 bought an investment property

‘Financially cautious’: The Gen Zs determined to be home owners

Many Gen Zs are financially switched-on and want to get ahead. Buying property is one tactic, even if they don’t plan to live in it.

  • Alice Uribe
Last year, the government reformed electoral funding rules, lowered the political donation threshold to $5000 and introduced real-time disclosure. However, there are calls to reduce that threshold even lower to $1000.

Never waste a crisis, comrade. But can Albonomics meet the moment?

Labor’s strategists have laid the groundwork for this to be a most useful crisis.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Anthony Albanese at the National Press Club on Thursday.

Albanese locks in plans to scrap investor tax breaks as way through housing crisis

Since the war broke out, some had feared Albanese would back away from changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount.

  • Paul Sakkal
Cotality research director Tim Lawless said the pace of growth was unsustainable.

‘Unsustainable’: Perth on track to become second most expensive capital to buy a house

If the trend continues, Perth is on track to overtake Brisbane ($1.1 million), and become the second most expensive city in the nation to buy a house, after Sydney ($1.29 million).

  • Holly Thompson and Heather McNeill
The Labor government’s proposal of taxing unrealised gains could have significant repercussions for the Australian housing market by incentivising retirees to shift assets into their primary residence.

The WA suburbs where rents have climbed the most

New data has revealed that the regions in WA’s north are some of the hardest places to afford to live, but there were plenty of Perth suburbs not far behind.

  • Holly Thompson
Advertisement
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Housing Minister Clare O’Neil and SA Premier Peter Malinauskas during the 2025 federal election spruiking his plan to build 1.2 million homes by mid-2029.

The big slow build: Labor’s 1.2 million-home plan already a year behind schedule

The Albanese government wanted 1.2 million new homes built by mid-2029. All states and territories are behind schedule, with NSW especially dragging the chain.

  • Shane Wright
The bank of mum and dad has been estimated to be between the fifth and the ninth-largest lender in the country.

WA first-home buyers are relying on the bank of mum and dad. Are there expectations in return?

A new study found the challenging economic environment for gaining access to first homes was “weighing heavily upon parents who find themselves playing an indispensable role in their children’s home-buying journey”.

  • Holly Thompson
Temperatures are rising to dangerous levels this weekend, but a cool change is on the way.

WA renters forced to choose between cooling down or keeping bills low as mercury soars

A new report has revealed WA renters are sweltering through summer, unable to keep their homes cool. Low-energy efficient housing and the cost-of-living are being blamed.

  • Holly Thompson
NSW Opposition Leader and Premier Chris Minns have a year until the 2027 state election.

Election countdown: 365 days, two leaders and all eyes on One Nation

Chris Minns says voters are not interested in legacies, but with a year until the state election, the premier and Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane are staking everything on housing.

  • Alexandra Smith