Housing Construction Industry

A 1,360-home housing estate in the Macedon Ranges is approved by the Victorian government, but nearby residents fear it will change the character of their town.

Housing Minister Clare O'Neil said the scheme would allow first homebuyers to be paying down their own mortgage, rather than rent, sooner.

The failure to match population with housing and infrastructure has led to a more serious decline in living standards than is evident from GDP per capita statistics.

It is a federal housing scheme designed to transform the lives of the profoundly disabled. But a Four Corners investigation has found more than 1,000 of these purpose-built homes are sitting empty.

A Facebook post offering women $55,000 to build their first home looked like a scam. But 15 women took the chance to go from homeless to home owner. 

The changes are being announced just days after the government was urged to take action by the Economic Reform Roundtable.

Leaked documents obtained by the ABC last week showed the Treasury had advised the Albanese government to freeze the National Construction Code. But what exactly does that mean? 

Amid a housing crisis and a quest to decarbonise, some Australians are asking how much space they really need to live well. 

The government's three-day productivity summit comes to an end, after a final day of discussions on the prickliest issues of tax and spending. Look back over the day's coverage.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the second day of his productivity roundtable brought a "real prospect" of finding agreement on changes that could boost Australia's housing supply, including making investment more attractive for super funds.

Housing will dominate discussion at the Economic Reform Roundtable this morning, with ministers, business leaders and conservationists all under pressure to solve the wicked problem of building more homes without trashing the environment.

From early colonial settlers to the post-war construction boom, prefabricated and modular housing has a long history in Australia. Can factory-built homes fix our housing woes and help the climate?

Albany's population is skyrocketing as sea-changers flock to the region, but a crisis is brewing away from its multi-million-dollar coastline. 

Australia is now a "home owner's welfare state", leading economists argue, and if the tax treatment of housing were reformed, the nation as a whole would benefit.

When the RBA cuts rates, it drives property prices higher. What does it mean for housing affordability? 

Families are living in caravans long after catastrophic flooding in south-west Queensland, where a tradesman says it costs nearly double to build a home compared to the city.

New home approvals are accelerating as the federal government pushes its signature housing policy, but construction industry leaders and analysts worry we will never have the tradies to build them.

Residents in Victoria petition to have input on rooming houses opening near their homes, citing concerns about the potential number of occupants and increased traffic.

Building a house on the wrong block of land does not happen very often, but it happens enough that some states and countries have laws in place to deal with it. 

The Victorian government has green-lit the construction of a large housing precinct in Melbourne's outer north but community members have been left angered after approval for a new quarry was also granted despite their objections.