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Why freezing rents could make more people homeless
Only when housing is plentiful will it also be affordable. So we need to build more dwellings where people want to live.
- by Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney
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Sammi has a full-time job and paid rent for 15 years. No one will rent her a property
After being forced to vacate her home as Melbourne’s winter hit, Sammi Clarke applied for almost 20 places. Then she was asked a question that showed the depth of the housing crisis.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Councillors sob over mass eviction
Council members in Melbourne's inner west shed tears during an emotional meeting on Tuesday night, urging state intervention after a 30-year-old rezoning decision abruptly evicts up to 100 people from their homes in an industrial estate.
Key inquiries left in limbo by government’s failure to respond
Nine parliamentary inquiries are still awaiting a response, including a critical report recommending solutions into the state’s homelessness crisis - now 22 months overdue.
- by Broede Carmody
Homelessness fears as Melbourne unit rents soar $90 per week in a year
Economists say rents are soaring because the supply of homes is not keeping up with demand – adding to people’s existing financial pressures.
- by Jim Malo and Kate Burke
Two in five prisoners in NSW jails haven’t been convicted of a crime
Experts say a decade of bail reforms has led to vulnerable people serving time they otherwise might not have for minor crimes, contributing to a cycle of poverty, homelessness and incarceration.
- by Amber Schultz
‘Our neighbours ... need help now’: Sydney councils asked to pay for food relief
City of Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore said she had been told demand for free food was now far higher than during the COVID pandemic.
- by Michael Koziol
Homelessness more than doubles in some parts of Victoria
Five of the 10 electorates where homelessness grew the fastest were regional. In South Barwon, homelessness jumped 465% over five years, driven by a 10-fold increase in boarding house residents.
- by Patrick Hatch
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To scare Vincent out of his house, someone threw a brick at him
But he’s finally found somewhere to call home - and this residence in Sydney is not like any other.
- by Julie Power
Priyanka was homeless at 18. Now at university, she’s one of the lucky ones
People like Priyanka are the group of Australians with the fastest growing rate of homelessness.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
New Qld housing minister promises swift action on shortage
Queensland’s new housing minister has promised to work quickly to ease the state’s accommodation crisis.
- by Fraser Barton