A long-awaited summit on Canberra’s affordable housing problems is likely to lead to government picking “low hanging fruit” proposals, rather than substantive new government funding or whole-scale reforms. After six weeks of consultations with 125 organisations […]
Development applications will be lodged for four new public housing developments in Mawson, Holder, Chapman, Wright in ‘coming weeks’. While the government has scaled back the four developments after a public backlash earlier this year, […]
A Canberra emergency shelter has blamed the relocation of public housing tenants for a spike in the number of homeless people seeking shelter this winter. The volunteers in the three shelters of St Columba’s, All […]
Only 10 per cent Aboriginal people in Canberra own their homes outright, compared with 27 per cent of non-indigenous people. Among the raft of data revealing the disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
The territory government has boosted the number of checks it completes on public housing maintenance work, after an audit found oversight of the chief contractor, Spotless, was found to be ‘inadequate’. That audit found the work […]
The ACT Government has scaled back the size of proposed public housing projects in Weston Creek and Molonglo in the face of community concerns about their impact on the local amenity and green space. The […]
A man who stabbed his neighbour to death at a public housing unit block in Canberra’s south had ripped the screen door of the man’s unit because “he hates his guts” and was “aggro”, a woman told police. […]
Leading charity St Vincent De Paul has warned an urgent increase in affordable housing is needed in Canberra to prevent a homelessness crisis in the near future. Statistics from St Vincent De Paul claim homelessness […]
Living in a secure, affordable home is fundamental to so many parts of life—work, good health, education, and raising a family— ensuring that everyone has the best opportunity to enjoy life and do well in […]
Demolition of the former public housing in Red Hill will start early next month to pave the way for redevelopment of the precinct, the Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate announced today (Tuesday). Deputy Director-General of […]
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