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Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... increased migration for Australia's housing woes. He said his government, if elected, would curb migration to help free up homes. "I don't want young Australians locked out of the property market - or having to rely on the bank of mum and dad," he said. ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Jim Chalmers will boost the Help to Buy scheme and revive the drooping housing construction sector in a bid to build more homes faster and tackle housing unaffordability. As part of the Federal Budget, Chalmers is expanding the Help to Buy program to ...

AMP staff surveillance slammed by FSU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... provisions," McPherson said. "It is shocking that any employer would propose the right to video monitor its workers in their own homes, force them to undergo a medical examination by the employer's doctor of choice and give up their right to privacy ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood said. The research found that governments have committed to building 1.2 million homes over five years. However, in the 12 months to June 2024, just 176,000 homes were built. "Governments are rightly focused ...

Foreign investors banned from buying homes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The Albanese government has announced it will ban foreign investors from buying established homes for at least two years and crack down on foreign land banking. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the move is aimed at easing pressure on the Australian housing ...

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 ...