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Most retirees who rent live in poverty: Grattan Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... Assistance by 50% for singles and sharers and 40% for couples, with payments indexed to changes in rents for the cheapest 25% of homes in capital cities. These increases would boost the incomes of single retirees who rent by up to $2750 a year and couples ...

CEFC invests $100m into affordable housing strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... green bank has invested $100 million in AXA Investment Managers Alternatives' build-to-rent strategy providing affordable homes for essential workers. The investment brings the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) total commitment to residential energy ...

Court sentences Ponzi scheme promoter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... victims made a net loss of $54 million while he benefited about $12 million. "As well as the loss of life savings and family homes, the harm went beyond financial losses to breakdowns of marriages and family relationships, emotional, physical and mental ...

IFM urges investment in housing, hires former Dexus chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... housing supply issues. In a new blueprint report, IFM said proposed policy settings could help create as many as 100,000 new homes for Australians. The report detailed the steps governments could take to boost investment to deliver appropriate risk-adjusted ...

360 Capital seeks $20m in capital raise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... raising will immediately be invested into two first mortgage residual stock loans across 60 individual mortgages of completed homes located in North West Sydney, ensuring there is no cash drag on the fund," 360 Capital said. "The capital raising, coupled ...

Non-bank lender sued for dodging Credit Code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... circumvented the National Credit Code by writing loans to companies it knew were for individuals before repossessing their homes when they couldn't repay. Oak Capital is a private lender that was founded in 2013 and operates two funds which are offered ...

Liberal MPs slammed for 'dangerous' super policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... rather than proposing options which risk driving up prices through increased demand, without offering solutions to build more homes." Research from ASFA has shown women have worse retirement outcomes than men and Delahunty said this latest proposal would ...

Australians living through protracted period of economic misery: CEDA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... inflation, interest rates, and unemployment affect different people in different ways. "Those fortunate enough to own their homes outright or have large savings in the bank will benefit from higher interest rates. But high inflation disproportionately ...

Super for housing debate heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
A recent report by economist Saul Eslake, which criticised the use of superannuation for home deposits, has been labelled "deeply flawed" by Australian Institute for Progress executive director Graham Young. Young said allowing home buyers to tap into ...

HAFF receives first round commitments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... Australia has selected an initial pipeline of 185 projects to potentially deliver more than 13,700 social and affordable homes across the country. The preferred projects under funding round one will support investment of up to $9.2 billion in social ...