Tag: Affordable housing
‘We’ve all done the right things’: in Under Cover, older women tell their stories of becoming homeless
Image: Under Cover/SA Films
The Australian documentary Under Cover, premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival, presents the voices and faces of older women’s housing insecurity....
Loving the idea of tiny house living, even if you don’t live in one
Picture: Heather Shearer, Author provided
Despite early forecasts of a COVID-driven slump, house prices are now surging in many parts of Australia. This is further widening the gap between...
400,000 women over 45 are at risk of homelessness in Australia
Picture: Shuttlestock
Older women have been recognised as the fastest-growing group of homeless people in Australia in recent years. Yet until now we have not known...
Shorten’s subsidy plan to boost affordable housing
Labor would work with community housing providers,
the residential construction sector and institutional investors. Flickr
Institutional investors would receive longterm subsidies to build new dwellings...
A community fix for the affordable housing crisis
Jeannie loves her apartment. It has a separate bedroom, a small bathroom, and an open-plan kitchen, lounge and dining area. It’s compact, but sliding...