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Housing construction has fallen dramatically in Queensland – here's why

In 2022 there were 35,000 homes that began construction in Queensland, which is down 22.1 per cent from 2021.

ABC News

Dollymount Dames taking Housing Minister to task on E Coli ridden bathing waters

The group of swimmers is planning a protest of the slew of "poor" water results later this month

Dublin Live

Michael Pascoe: Menzies knew housing couldn’t be left to ‘the market’

Even Sir Robert Menzies knew that it required large-scale government involvement to make housing affordable.

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Department of Housing defends €1bn underspend and blames it on Covid-19, inflation and Ukraine war

Labour leader Ivana Bacik, meanwhile, suggested that the underspend indicated that Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien was “out of his depth”

Dublin Live

Department defends €1bn underspend on housing

Labour leader Ivana Bacik suggested that the large understand on housing between 2020 and 2022 suggested that Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien was "out of his depth".

Irish Mirror

Ministers claim they knew nothing about eviction notice numbers

Officials from Department of Housing knew about the tsunami of eviction notices coming before ban ended

Irish Mirror

Fr Peter McVerry apologises to Taoiseach over eviction ban claim

Fr Peter McVerry claimed several times this week that he was told Taoiseach Leo Varadkar overruled Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien on extending the eviction ban

Irish Mirror

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Taoiseach denies he overruled Darragh O'Brien on extending eviction ban

Homelessness advocate Fr Peter McVerry told South East Radio that he believed that Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien wanted to extend the eviction ban but was "overriden" by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

Irish Mirror

UK housing model is ‘broken’, says Gove

Michael Gove said that ‘we desperately need more homes to bring ownership within reach of many more people’.

The Independent UK

Michael Pascoe: David Pocock offers sense amid stupidity on housing

Unsurprisingly, the fate of the Albanese Government’s election gimmick excuse for a housing policy has fallen into the standard Canberra sideshow of

The New Daily

'It's not time for political theater': Senate urged to support key housing bill

Australia's community housing organisations have emphasised the urgent need to pass the government's key housing legislation, which has failed to get the support of the Senate this week.

The Canberra Times

Deal on social and affordable housing fund stalls

A rally attended by the CFMEU, Greens, and independent senators called for more ambitious commitments to social and affordable housing.

The Canberra Times

Staff at housing association responsible for tragic Awaab Ishak had 'wholly unacceptable' attitude to refugees

RBH has come under fire in a new report

Manchester Evening News

Major defeat for $10 billion housing fund in Senate

The government had its first major legislative defeat since taking power as the Senate crossbench dashed its hopes of passing the affordable housing fund.

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Louth family of seven face homelessness over red tape nightmare on where they live

Tracey’s family have been on the Louth County Council housing list for four-and-a-half years. The local authority indicated it would buy it but then pulled out of the deal after discovering the property is just inside the Meath border.

ABC News

Housing Future Fund for 30,000 homes yet to win enough support as Greens hold out over concerns it may fail to work

The federal government's election commitment to fund 30,000 social and affordable homes over the next five years is yet to win enough support to pass, despite being due to be voted on in the Senate this week.

ABC News

'Dire' homelessness situation in the Northern Territory worsening amid 10-year waits for public housing

Homelessness is a reality experienced by one in 20 people living in the Northern Territory, and experts say the situation is worsening.

The New Daily

New funding to help homeless as housing debate heats up

A funding boost will keep key homelessness services operating as stretched providers are being forced to turn vulnerable people away.

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The New Daily

Walls close in on Labor’s $10b social housing fund

The federal government is pleading for crossbench support for its social housing fund, arguing rising homelessness requires urgent action.

AAP

Walls closing in on Labor's $10b social housing fund

The Greens and key crossbenchers are not convinced the Albanese government's social housing fund will do enough to ease Australia's worsening housing crisis.

The Conversation

'A policy aesthete': a new biography of Tanya Plibersek shows how governments work – and affect people's lives

Days before the publication of a new biography of federal Labor cabinet minister Tanya Plibersek, the Nine newspapers carried an exclusive extract in the Good Weekend magazine, accompanied by a news article leading with Plibersek’s assertion that if she had stood for the party’s leadership after the 2019 election she…

The Independent UK

Gove says Ukraine hosts show ‘Britain at its best’ but message branded ‘hollow’

The Homes for Ukraine Scheme anniversary comes amid debate on the Illegal Migration Bill – which would stop asylum seekers who have crossed Channel.

Dublin Live

Housing Minister says eviction ban will not be reintroduced

The eviction ban was introduced last winter to prevent an excessive number of people becoming homeless

Daily Mirror

Giant rats and raw sewage 'hell' spark fear for kids' health due to mould and damp

A Sunday Mirror investigation has revealed there were 15,000 complaints about disrepair with tenants worried about rat infestations, raw sewage and health problems caused by mould

Dublin Live

Cost of living Ireland: Dublin councillor criticises government's 'perfect storm' response to eviction bans

Labour's Joe Costello explained that current attitudes towards the housing crisis are unhelpful, as the government plans to end the temporary ban on evictions on March 31

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