Housing Effort Aims to Opening Doors with Trust

Housing effort aims to opening doors with trust

SWAN Hill Rural City Council has thrown its support behind a new project aimed to tackle housing shortages within the municipality. The initiative seeks to establish innovative, cost-effective housing solutions while fostering community...

Burdiehouses! New affordable homes approved to tackle housing crisis

A new affordable housing development was given the green light by the Development Management Sub-Committee yesterday. The approved plans will deliver 49 new homes – comprising a mix of flats, colonies, and terraced houses – on a partly brownfield site adjacent to an established residential area. Of these, four flats will be fully wheelchair accessible. Designed by architect Smith Scott Mullan, the affordable housing units will be developed by co…

Tackling Australia’s hidden housing crisis – one spare room at a time

Three women, in their 50s or older, are being offered a unique, long-term, co-living opportunity in a large Mount Macedon home. Wanting to fill his empty family home with life, Sev Clarke joined The Room Xchange – an online homeshare platform matching home owners with tenants. Sev’s adult daughter lives in Melbourne, and his wife, an accomplished lecturer, spends a lot of time in the city, which often leaves Sev alone in the sizeable house. Want…