Cheryl Hackett applied to access public Housing in 2015. She was living in the rural Victorian town of Moe, in a bedsit so small and cramped “you couldn’t swing a cat in it”. Her doctor wrote a letter to accompany the application, arguing that her housing situation was detrimental to her health. She was grappling with serious anxiety and depression ...
Every generation has its housing problems. With interest rates rising, the late 1980s is an era we will hear more about. That period saw mortgage interest rates ratcheting up from 9% in 1983 to their peak of 17% in 1990. It was tough for homebuyers. It also left us with the legacy of family conversations about “how hard buying a ...
Tourism is the lifeblood of Kangaroo Valley. Travelers flock to the lush greenery of the New South Wales town for the trails, rivers, and wineries. It also hosts folk and arts festivals, is a popular wedding spot, and is a short drive from south coast beaches. But Kangaroo Valley finds itself in a bind brought on by its popularity – ...
Single parents, older singles, and frontline workers like teachers, nurses, and police can buy their home with just a two percent deposit thanks to a new NSW government scheme. The $780m shared equity scheme – a collaborative effort with the federal Labor government – will enable 3000 buyers to enter the market with just two percent of the property’s total ...
Convenience: in every sense of the word, 4/201 O’Connell Street has it. Ablute without ever having to take your eyes off the television or interrupt your dinner party conversation. A studio apartment in inner-city North Adelaide has attracted ridicule online with its unconventional placement of the … ahem … facilities. The joint shower-and-toilet glass cube has been installed next to ...
The number of Millennials living at home has soared by thousands amid the pandemic, insecure work, and an increasingly unaffordable rental market. The 2021 census revealed the number of nondependent children aged 25-34 living at home has surged, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show. The number of male children in this age group living at home rose to 280,133 – ...
The unbearable costs and instability of the rental crisis are pushing more people towards crowdfunding for accommodation, with housing-related appeals on one of Australia’s biggest fundraising platforms more than quadrupling over the past year. The campaigns range from requests for assistance with rental arrears and covering the costs of temporary accommodation to appeals for help to buy caravans or other ...
Hailed as Australia’s “right-handed version of Rafael Nadal” before injuries derailed his career, Jason Kubler has fought back from match point down to move just one match away from making it into the main draw of the French Open for the first time. Turning 29 years old on match day, the former junior world number one Kubler dug deep to ...
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted the cash rate for the second time in two months, this time by 0.50 points to 0.85%. It won’t be the last such hike. Forecasters expect the cash rate to hit 2.5% by the end of next year. This would lift the typical variable mortgage rate to nearly 5%. Cue the claims that ...