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Public housing has not kept up with population growth: report

Independent budget assessment found forecasts to be reasonable.

The Canberra Times

Auckland Councillors livid at surprise Kāinga Ora directive

Councillors have hit back at a surprise directive by central Government for Kāinga Ora to look at building 66,000 homes along Auckland’s forthcoming light rail corridor.

Newsroom.co.nz

Hotel bill for homeless jumps as NSW runs out of room

A lack of affordable housing is forcing more people into hotel rooms, with government spending on temporary accommodation rising 22 per cent in one year.

AAP

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Awaab's death was a 'hammer blow to our conscience', housing secretary says - now he has a powerful legacy that will save lives

'It shouldn't have taken Awaab's death to focus attention, but out of that tragedy has come a renewed move to deal with this'

Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak told he's 'given up' as PM as he struggles to explain Tory housing plans

In a fraught PMQs, Keir Starmer claimed the PM's body language and answers showed he had 'given up' and asked how many will lose their homes as interest rates soar before the Government helps them

Daily Mirror

Australian government seeks urgent legal advice on double dissolution over housing bill standoff

Labor used question time to pile pressure on the Greens, accusing them of caring more about retweets than rentals

The Guardian - AU

‘Juvenile’: PM seeks advice as housing policy stalls

Anthony Albanese says the government is seeking advice on the triggers for a double dissolution after the Greens delayed a key housing bill.

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All options on table as housing fund held up in Senate

Labor could shelve a key election promise - legislating a $10 billion housing fund - after the Greens successfully had it delayed until October.

The New Daily

'Juvenile': PM seeks advice as housing policy stalls

The prime minister says the government is seeking advice on the triggers required for a double dissolution after the Greens delayed a key housing bill.

AAP

Government's housing fund legislation delayed by Greens-Coalition alliance

The Greens and the Coalition have teamed up again to present a vote being taken on the government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund.

The Conversation

Turfing brick cottages for units made easier in NSW

Bypassing council approval for new housing developments will be opened to more builders in NSW as the state tries to address a chronic housing shortage.

AAP

Advocates call for Greens to pass housing fund

The call follows a $2 billion investment in housing announced at the weekend.

The Canberra Times

Two-thirds of London boroughs home to tower with ‘Grenfell cladding’

Labour’s shadow housing minister Matthew Pennycook said it “beggars’ belief” that so many still have deadly Grenfell-style ACM cladding

Evening Standard

Greens knock back Labor’s proposed housing fund tweaks

The government is proposing key changes to its $10 billion housing fund but the Greens say Labor is still not moving on its two key demands.

The New Daily

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Qld budget to fund 500 social homes by mid-2025

Queensland's budget will include over $320 million for social homes with the government saying it's "pulling every lever" to address the housing shortage.

The New Daily

Greens refine demands on $10 billion housing fund

Negotiations over the federal housing fund continue, with the Greens urging Labor to meet them halfway to secure the party's support.

The New Daily

Greens and Labor still deadlocked on scheme to solve housing crisis

Renters ould have longer to wait for action on the housing crisis as the Greens and Labor remain at loggerheads over size, cost and scale

The Hindu

Karnataka Housing Board to build five hi-tech cities on outskirts of Bengaluru

Housing Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed issued directions to Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) to prepare a project report for the construction of five hi-tech cities (satellite cities) on the outskirts of Bengaluru and to build luxurious villas on all four sides.

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Belfast Live

Housing Executive invests £400k in 10 new electric vans

The new vans will cut emissions as the organisation's plumbers, painters, electricians work across NI

The New Daily

Government rejects Greens olive branch, but where to on housing?

A $500-million-a-year housing future fund is stalled in the Senate amid a political stoush with the Greens.

Irish Mirror

Hope for homebuyers in Ireland as Housing Minister 'confident' he can reverse dip in sales

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien denied that homeownership figures had dipped "drastically" since the last Census following the release of the 2022 figures.

Daily Mirror

Labour plots move to stop councils paying 275 TIMES more than land's value for homes

Labour is drawing up plans to stop councils making compulsory purchase orders for sites that could become housing from having to pay a "hope value" - which sees prices skyrocket

The Independent UK

Land value reforms among Labour plans to tackle housing crisis

The plan would introduce reforms of how land is valued under compulsory purchase orders.

Irish Mirror

Housing Minister issues warning to Airbnb hosts that legal action can be taken if rules not followed

As revealed by the Irish Mirror on Monday, there are currently eight times more properties available for short-term rentals than there are for long-term tenancies.

Newsroom.co.nz

Bipartisan politics up in smoke as election looms

There are few “grown-up” moments between National and Labour in recent political history other than the 2021 bipartisan housing accord. But as political editor Jo Moir writes, it only took a whiff of a tightly contested election to unravel it.

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