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Owning your own home has long been seen as the ‘Australian dream’, but for many people it’s become a nightmare.
When the pandemic hit in 2020, there were fears the property market would collapse. Instead, house prices have risen at their fastest pace in at least three decades.
Some are taking on eye-watering amounts of debt to just get in, while others are missing out altogether. The property price boom is creating a financial divide between those who own property, and those who never will.

“Rental Housing” in Australia is less affordable than ever before. It is no exaggeration to call the situation a crisis, with vacancy rates at record lows.
But there are some relatively simple, easy-to-implement and cost-effective things that can be done to ease rental affordability pressures.
Allowing property owners to let space to a tiny-house dweller (with appropriate regulations on aesthetic appearance, safety features and environmental impacts) could be a cost-effective and rapid way to increase rental supply for some demographics.
Allowing tiny houses for a trial period of, say, two years could provide a valuable pilot project, and perhaps alleviate the concerns of some local ratepayers.
Rather than subsidising expensive renovations of existing homes – as the Morrison government did with its HomeBuilder grants scheme – federal, state and territory governments could offer incentives to divide or extend homes in well-designed and sustainably constructed ways to enable dual living.
If you’re struggling to afford a full size home, have you considered the pros and cons of purchasing and living in a tiny house?
The tiny house movement began a few years ago. However, regulations around definition, mobility and location, not to mention the minimalist lifestyle that goes with them, means they’re not for everyone.
So who stands most to benefit, and what’s it like to really live your life inside a tiny home?

Tiny and alternate houses can help ease Australia’s rental affordability crisis

Rental housing in Australia is less affordable than ever before. It is no exaggeration to call the situation a crisis, with vacancy rates at record lows. But there are some relatively simple, easy-to-implement and cost-effective things that can be done to ease rental affordability pressures.

Young Australians 'giving up on property dream'

Is the "great Australian dream" over for young people? A new survey suggests two-thirds of young voters have conceded they may never own a home.

NSW government funds housing modules for communities affected by floods in Northern Rivers

Sportsgrounds, showgrounds and crown land will be transformed into "mini-villages" to accommodate thousands of Northern Rivers residents left homeless after the devastating floods.

Why tiny houses aren't everywhere, yet

If you're struggling to afford a full size home, have you considered the pros and cons of purchasing and living in a tiny house?

Temporary accommodation

People around NSW have been impacted by large scale events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters including bushfires. These events have resulted in people losing homes and unable to find suitable temporary accommodation.

EV chargers for V2G and V2H to arrive in Australia within weeks, after long delays

A new kind of charger that allows an electric vehicle (EV) to be used as a giant home battery is close to going on sale in Australia, with the first commercial shipment to arrive within weeks.

Young family leaves the rat race of Canberra property market for tiny house living in NSW

Laura and Jack Harris were renting in Canberra with their four-year-old daughter when they realised it would be years before they could buy their own home.

Are you living affordably?

Complete this simple test to find out .... Does your rent or mortgage equate to under 30% of your gross wage (i.e. before tax)? If you're spending more, then you've fallen into the trap of living in housing stress.

Raleigh City Council approves the use of tiny homes

In a unanimous vote, the Raleigh city council approved the use of tiny homes in city limits.

What’s driving the boom in Australian property prices?

Owning your own home has long been seen as the ‘Australian dream’, but for many people it’s become a nightmare.

Why more Australian women are choosing a solo van life

Kellie Campbell has just given up her unit on the Gold Coast and her husband is about to move overseas so she's hitting the road to live in a van.

Future Technology | Cities Of The Future | How to Solve the Housing Crisis

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Australian households have more mortgage debt than almost any advanced economy, a new OECD report finds. It blames one key factor

Australian households are the second-most indebted in the world, according to findings from a new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that compared how expensive homes have become in advanced economies over the past 20 years.

As house prices continue to surge across Australia, more people are making the unusual switch to tiny homes.

Queensland couple Colin and Megan Leeson are living on just 35 square metres after downsizing from their four-bedroom house, and say it's led to a better lifestyle without the usual costs of owning a home.

Should councils make it easier for Victorians to live in tiny houses?

The dream of owning and living in a tiny house is growing interest in Victoria, but how achievable is it?

Two new 'tiny-homes' are on their way to Noosa as a lifeline for at-risk

Two new 'tiny-homes' are on their way to Noosa, as a lifeline for at-risk and vulnerable youths struggling in the Sunshine Coast housing crisis.

Banning Airbnb and shipping in portable homes considered as housing crisis bites in coastal towns

The unaffordable conditions for Australian home buyers are spilling into the rental market for coastal families, and locals say it's destroying the very reason these towns are popular in the first place.

Adam Bandt says house prices are rising by $1,200 a day. Is he correct?

The seemingly inexorable rise in house prices has been the subject of political debate for decades, with many blaming Australia's tax rules for favouring investors at the expense of first home buyers.

Coronavirus pandemic sees spike in demand for tiny homes as industry moves to make them more accessible

Tiny homes are often sought as an alternative option for affordable housing but since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the industry has been inundated with inquiries from a new breed of tiny-home enthusiasts.

Tiny homes combating youth homelessness

More than 27,000 Australian young people experience homelessness each year, sleeping rough without a safe or secure place to call home.

IPCC Report Reveals Severity of the Climate Crisis

The climate crisis is officially a 'code red for humanity,' according to this alarming report

A tiny idea to combat Australia's big housing crisis

Going a little stir-crazy in your house during lockdown? Imagine being confined to a home the size of a lounge room instead. That’s the reality for Melbourne’s Elle Paton, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Social housing plea with rent now unaffordable for essential workers across most Australian regions

Santana is a skilled photographer and never imagined she would become one of the 20 per cent of Australians who have experienced homelessness.

‘Housing for hippies now for hipsters’: Alternative plan to boost affordability

Co-living, a trendy new wave of communal housing championed by millennials, will be automatically approved in all areas where apartments are allowed in order to flood NSW with affordable developments.

Soaring rental prices creating housing crisis in regional NSW

A growing number of regional cities and towns across NSW are in the midst of a rental crisis, as short supply and a surge in sea and tree changers leaving Sydney see rental prices soar.

The cost of buying a home has increased by 130 per cent over two generations and Generation X is bearing the debt burden

The cost of buying a home has increased by 130 per cent over two generations, leaving Generation X – those aged 41-56 years old – considerably worse off than the two generations before them and at risk of a looming debt disaster, a new report suggests.

'Worst in history': urgent report seeks solutions to Noosa's housing crisis

Noosa councillors have ordered an urgent report seeking solutions to the region’s “unheralded” housing crisis, which has been labelled the worst in its history.

Secondary Dwelling Code

Between August 2020 and March 2021, a pilot program involving four councils trialled a Secondary Dwelling Code. The councils involved in the pilot were Greater Bendigo, Murrindindi, Kingston and Moreland.

Tiny homes idea for Byron Bay rail corridor to address housing crisis

Byron Shire Council is exploring the possibility of putting hundreds of temporary tiny homes in the shire's rail corridor.

The housing crisis is a public health crisis – renting is making people sick

CCGs such as Oldham and Sunderland have introduced “social prescribing” schemes where they funded the prescribing of home repairs

Hopes WA-first trial of tiny houses will help the homeless in Bunbury

A WA-first trial of tiny houses for homeless people is being launched in regional West Australia this week, as the state grapples with how to deal with the ongoing issue of people sleeping rough.

Morrison government's bid to grow tiny home industry

The Morrison government wants to make tiny homes a bigger deal. Industry Minister Karen Andrews, a self-described fan of tiny homes, says she wants to see the prefabricated building sector grow by $30 billion over the next five years.

Going Off-Grid

Over three decades ago in Moray’s Findhorn Eco village, several permanent homes were laid down with perhaps the most Scottish material possible: recycled whisky barrels.