1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (458+ words) According to the government, the project will include 174 one- and two-bedroom rentals for affordable and social housing. The WA government will spend more than $100 million on a new 30-storey apartment building in the Perth CBD, which it says will ease…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1298+ words) (ABC News: Lindsay Dunbar) As we build more homes to tackle the housing crisis some worry trees will become collateral damage. But as our climate changes, isn't now the time we need trees most? Nick Rogers was working from home…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (460+ words) Parramatta will get a housing and student accommodation boost near the upcoming metro station. (Supplied: NSW government) The NSW government has announced a proposal that would build 470 new homes and 500 student accommodation units in Parramatta. The new housing, which will…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (84+ words) Bathla has been on the brink. (ABC News: John Gunn) Embattled property developer, the Bathla Group, will stumble along for another two weeks after administrators secured a temporary lifeline. The developer went into voluntary administration a couple weeks ago owing…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (1063+ words) There are many lessons, and consequences, from Bathla's collapse. (Supplied: Bathla website) Maybe housing developers should be required to live in what they build. In the lead-up to the $3.4 billion collapse of developer Bathla Group a fortnight ago, the NSW…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1578+ words) Everyone agrees Australia's building code needs to be simpler, but the opposition's proposed cuts to energy efficiency and accessibility are contested. (ABC News: John Gunn) Liberal senator Andrew Bragg says a basic Australian standard would get houses built faster, likening…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (838+ words) Authorities executed a raid at the premises of Ideal Realty in Perth's south today. (ABC News: Mitchell Edgar) Western Australia's Consumer Protection agency has raided the offices of a Perth property firm it had initially warned about alleged breaches of…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (512+ words) The Queensland Wattle Association has proposed an initiative to plant native wattles across the state before the 2032 Olympics. (Supplied: Ann Gibbons) The Queensland Wattle Association has proposed an initiative to spread the native plant across the state before the 2032 Olympic…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (977+ words) The planning amendment would block about 20,000 homes across Hobart from being wholly converted into short-stay accommodation. (ABC News: Mitchell Woolnough) Hobart City Council's planning committee has approved a plan to restrict the creation of new whole-home short-stay accommodation in the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (92+ words) Construction industry experts say the the collapse of a major NSW developer is more evidence of the financial pressure on Australian builders. The Bathla Group has announced it has gone into administration with debts estimated to total more than $3 billion....