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Category: Housing

Posted inHousing, Spinifex

Australia’s housing crisis: a path forward?

by Alan Pears, RMIT University 24 May 202224 May 2022
Posted inHousing

Metricon hoses down “rumours” about its imminent demise, following a meeting with the Victoria’s treasurer

by Andrew Sadauskas 19 May 202219 May 2022
Posted inHousing

Metricon in trouble

by Tina Perinotto 18 May 202219 May 2022
Posted inHousing

Daniel Andrews invests $30 million in ARKit sustainable prefab modular homes

by Andrew Sadauskas 18 May 202219 May 2022
Mario Biasin
Posted inHousing

Metricon Homes founder Mario Biasin passes aged 71

by Rose Mary Petrass 17 May 202217 May 2022
Posted inSpinifex

Why I’m voting for a national housing plan

by Dr Judy Kraatz 9 May 20229 May 2022
Property Industry Foundation Kate Mills
Posted inHousing

PIF’s challenge: “Everyone is deserving of a home”

by Rose Mary Petrass 2 May 20222 May 2022
Posted inHousing

“A better way of doing suburbs”: How eco villages can help the cost of living

by Andrew Sadauskas 14 April 202214 April 2022
Shaun Carter
Posted inHousing

There’s a big economic divide around housing, and it’s getting bigger, says Shaun Carter

by Rose Mary Petrass 12 April 202214 April 2022
Posted inHousing

Housing affordability takes a global hit from Covid-19

by Hal Pawson, City Futures Research Centre 22 March 202222 March 2022
Mortgage doodle psd real estate concept
Posted inHousing

Want to know the truth about property taxes? Try these facts

by Emily Sims, Prosper Australia 8 March 20229 March 2022
Posted inHousing

“I don’t know of any more ambitious project anywhere in the world that’s doing these things. It’s pretty impressive” – Mulpha’s zero carbon “City of Tomorrow”

by Rose Mary Petrass 8 March 202210 March 2022
illustration of houses
Posted inHousing

New affordable housing levy in Victoria is limited to multiple dwellings but still developers are not happy

by Rose Mary Petrass 24 February 202224 February 2022
koalas
Posted inConstruction & Development

The battle for Figtree Hill and the koala corridor

by Rose Mary Petrass 24 February 202225 February 2022
Mature woman looking at phone and holding up in kitchen with matte filter effect
Posted inHousing

Older women often rent in poverty – shared home equity could help some escape

by Brendan Coates 24 February 202224 February 2022
Posted inHousing

What if we relaxed planning but only for more affordable housing? Meet the Woollahra Buyers Club

by Mike Brown 9 February 202215 February 2022
Posted inHousing

Why Falinski is wrong on housing – we’ve got far more supply than we need

by Karl Fitzgerald, Prosper Australia and Elizabeth Minter 3 February 20227 February 2022
Gas stove top
Posted inHousing

Stop gaslighting us! Gas is bad, for people and planet

by Rose Mary Petrass 1 February 20221 February 2022
Posted inSpinifex

The psychopathy of our building code: it’s immediately cheaper for net zero homeowners NOW, so why delay?

by Nigel Howard, Clarity Environment 19 January 202227 January 2022
Construction workers wearing masks
Posted inPlanning

How your income and where you live increase your likelihood of getting COVID-19

by Dr Youqing Fan, Alan Morris and Awais Piracha 14 December 202114 December 2021
Carrum - suburb in Melbourne, Australia. Aerial view
Posted inHousing

Housing: woeful, inadequate, poor outcomes? Take your pick

by Annie Hall 9 December 20219 December 2021
Posted inHousing

States’ social housing boom no substitute for federal funding commitment

by Hal Pawson, City Futures Research Centre 2 December 20212 December 2021
livable housing design
Posted inHousing

States disagree on access features for new housing – and open the gates to confusion, especially for trades

by Jane Bringolf, Centre for Universal Design Australia 29 November 202129 November 2021
Posted inHousing

Take the slow train to Clarkefield and I’ll meet you at the community battery

by Jan Fisher 25 November 202125 November 2021
Posted inHousing

Inside a green builder’s dream home

by Poppy Johnston 24 November 202124 November 2021
Posted inHousing

Accessibility reforms: “If you’ve got builders having to do one thing in NSW and another thing in Queensland it’s going to drive them nuts”

by Duncan Murray 16 November 202116 November 2021
Posted inHousing

Here’s some money so you can save emissions and money on new homes in Victoria

by Duncan Murray 5 October 20215 October 2021
Posted inHousing

The cost of sustainable design and appliances is “chump change”. So why isn’t everybody doing it?

by Duncan Murray 30 September 202130 September 2021
Posted inSpinifex

Isn’t it time the federal government stepped up on social housing and its implications

by Alan Morris, University of Technology Sydney 28 September 202128 September 2021
sustainable housing development
Posted inSpinifex

All the reasons gas needs to go and electrification is a must

by Richard Keech 23 September 202123 September 2021

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