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Fresh pitch to break deadlock on home buyer help scheme

Deadlocked legislation to help first-home buyers with low deposits has returned to federal parliament as government urges opponents to put differences aside.

AAP

Foreign tensions, domestic impasses await at parliament

As the government looks to resolve a deadlock on housing and push wage increases through parliament, conflict in the Middle East is set to overshadow debate.

AAP

Construction approved on public housing block left vacant for nearly a decade

The approval follows a Labor promise for more public housing.

The Canberra Times

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‘It’s decimated’: Rayner faces a battle to boost Britain’s social housing

Labour wants action. But rent caps, rising interest rates and restrictions on councils have hit the affordable homes sector hard

The Guardian - UK

ACT Labor promises 1000 extra public housing properties by 2030

It's part of a broader commitment for 5000 affordable properties.

The Canberra Times

Scottish Government announces £22m in funding to deliver more affordable housing

A £22 MILLION investment has been announced by the Scottish Government to help deliver more affordable housing ...

The National (Scotland)

London house-building must 'markedly increase', Angela Rayner warns Sadiq Khan

The Deputy PM told the capital’s mayor she expects London to ‘take steps to boost its output’ of new homes

Evening Standard

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John Swinney fires back as Labour demand sacking of Housing Minister

JOHN Swinney fired back at Anas Sarwar during FMQs after the Scottish Labour demanded the sacking of Scotland's Housing Minister.

The National (Scotland)

Car parks, empty lots for homes as tardy audit defended

Sites left vacant for decades will be converted into well-located homes as the latest batch of surplus NSW-owned sites is released to fix the housing crisis.

AAP

Rayner to announce new measures to protect renters from mould and fire hazards at Labour Party conference

Angela Rayner will announce a series of measures to protect renters from fire safety defects, damp and mould, and drive up housing standards in her speech at Labour Party conference.

Evening Standard

Unused Yarralumla townhouses to be demolished for public housing

The build would add 30 homes to the ACT's government housing list.

The Canberra Times

Public housing increase not the aim of growth and renewal program, govt says

ACT government acknowledges deficits in program.

The Canberra Times

'Jail the Grenfell culprits': Families call for manslaughter charges over tower blaze

Any court cases are only expected to start in 2027, a decade after fire ripped through Grenfell Tower in the deadliest housing scandal in Britain’s history

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner insists she does not want to scrap Thatcher’s Right to Buy policy but promises reform

The deputy prime minister called for reform of the policy, which allows most council tenants to buy their council home at a discount, to ensure the stock of social housing is not depleted

The Independent UK

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Angela Rayner Sparks Outrage: Single-Person Discount For Council Tax At Risk Of Being Axed

The single-person discount automatically reduces bills by 25 per cent for taxpayers who live alone, regardless of their financial circumstances.

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner could end Right to Buy under which she bought her house

The deputy prime minister and housing secretary attended an urgent meeting with local authorities in August to discuss housing reforms

Evening Standard

'Find a place you can afford' outside London, council tells homeless households facing sky-high rents

Brent council is placing homeless families in High Wycombe, Milton, Keynes, Luton, Birmingham and even further afield amid ‘tsunami of demand’ for housing

International Business Times

Canada Offers Deals On 56 Government-Owned Properties To Create Affordable Housing

Former military bases, postal facilities and federal office buildings are among the sites listed in the new Canada Public Land Bank database.

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AAP

Social homes only solution to housing crisis: report

Testimonies from almost 1500 Australians say the lack of affordable housing is driving them into poverty and forcing them to stay with abusive partners.

Evening Standard

Tories demand Labour Government put Sadiq Khan in 'special measures' over affordable housing

Slow progress on the mayor’s affordable homes programme has been blamed by his team on “the disastrous inheritance from the last Government”

The Independent UK

Property giant warns ministers of the real cost of achieving housing targets

Exclusive: Boss of Berkeley Group calls for more money to be invested in housebuilding – and less diverted to potholes – as he reveals he is buying land for the first time in two and a half years

The Independent UK

Housing targets cut for Cabinet members’ constituencies despite push for 370,000 new homes

Angela Rayner unveiled a major overhaul of the planning system last week, which will see all councils in England given new, mandatory housing targets

AAP

Doubt cast over plan to convert CBD offices into homes

The cost of retrofitting under-used Melbourne CBD offices into residential apartments is proving an obstacle to a key housing policy getting off the ground.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter sites to lead way in NSW modular home social housing trial

Five homes will be built across four suburbs.

The Conversation

Size matters: why NZ’s new housing rules risk cheap builds and shoebox apartments

There is a lot of good in Housing Minister Chris Bishop’s new housing policy – especially in relation to mixed-use developments and intensification along transit corridors. But he has also proposed the abolition of minimum floor area and balcony requirements.

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