Housing Archives | The Fifth Estate

What negative gearing and capital gains tax do – here’s the data; here’s the evidence

by Alan Morris, University of Technology Sydney 10 March 202610 March 2026

At Manly a project for women at risk used collaboration to beat inertia – there’s a lesson in that

by Luke Achterstraat, CHIA 3 March 20264 March 2026

The saga of Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers – part 1, The tug of war heats up

by Bevin Liu 24 February 20263 March 2026

A tale of two housing markets: Australia and Canada

by Hal Pawson, UNSW and Steve Pomeroy, McMaster University 19 February 202620 February 2026

Housing not stacking up for developers? Maybe it’s your business model

by David Chandler 29 January 202629 January 2026

This is how housing prices fall

by Alan Morris, University of Technology Sydney 22 January 202622 January 2026

Berlin – Monumental in every way with a few nice lessons for Aus

by Steve Ford 15 December 202519 December 2025

Australia’s rental homes are among our worst “glorified tents” – and renters are paying the price

by Carol Valente, Energy Consumers Australia 30 October 202530 October 2025

Housing: how local government can accelerate quality housing supply

by Todd Denham, RMIT, Louise Dorignon, RMIT and Simon McPherson, McP 16 October 202516 October 2025

In Sydney’s Inner West, the housing plan needs to deliver to both the community and commercial interests

by Tina Perinotto 30 September 202530 September 2025

Unlocking solar and energy upgrades in social housing

by Ed Langham, UTS and Aditi Phansalkar, UTS 23 September 202525 September 2025

News from the Front Desk

On why the political climate on housing is the other thing heating up

by The Fifth Estate - our view 19 September 202519 September 2025

The toxic resentments of housing

by Mike Brown 4 September 20254 September 2025

Despite the uproar in Marrickville on housing targets, did the local council get it right?

by Tina Perinotto 1 September 20252 September 2025

Government/Regulations

The National Construction Code freeze is a bit like an iceberg – so much going on under the surface

by Bevin Liu and Tina Perinotto 28 August 202516 December 2025

Inner West Council’s appointment of a city architect should be replicated across greater Sydney

by Chris Johnson 6 August 202519 August 2025

So why are there 8000 unsold apartments in Melbourne? Here’s what the property analysts say

by Bevin Liu 31 July 202510 November 2025

News from the Front Desk

On why the housing crisis will make for a heated meeting this Sunday at Marrickville in Labor heartland

by The Fifth Estate - our view 25 July 202525 July 2025

Women’s community housing using ‘meanwhile’ spaces

by Bevin Liu 23 July 202523 July 2025

Scape parent rebrands and finalises huge retirement living purchase

by Bevin Liu and Tina Perinotto 15 July 202515 July 2025

We need another housing option — between isolation and communes

by Feng Xue, AFX 8 July 20258 July 2025

The feds are on it – we need loads more homes. But GBCA says here’s a chance to transform the sector with carbon, efficient and smaller homes

by Tina Perinotto 20 May 202522 May 2025

TOD is over if you want it

by Philip Bull, Civic Assessment 15 May 202516 May 2025

We’re building a lot of solar ovens

by Alan Pears, RMIT University 29 April 202529 April 2025

Democratising smaller net zero residential architecture in the West

by Willow Aliento 15 April 202515 April 2025