City of Fremantle is achieving what is believed to be a first for Sustainable House Day (SHD), with all three tiers of government and the private sector coming together to showcase pathways towards a greener built environment next weekend.

Energy poverty is a big problem in Australia, with low income households typically living in lower quality housing with poor insulation, heating and cooling.

More than a decade of incremental improvement has created a major turnaround for an office building in Melbourne.

Millennials are driving a bigger focus on green credentials and Nightingale-style community focused living, especially as they tend to be owner occupiers rather than investors.

About 1,000 Canberra households are currently saving $9 million per year. Over a ten-year period, compared to renting, the typical family will save 37% of its housing costs.

South Australian senator Tim Storer’s bill aims to reform the tax regime so low income rental housing can be better heated and cooled.

Australia can learn from European and US approaches to ending homelessness through adopting a similar “housing first” approach, according to housing advocate Robert Pradolin.

Victoria’s long-awaited residential tenancy reforms hit the table in the state parliament’s lower house this week. But while Premier Daniel Andrews said the reforms would be the biggest change to the state’s residential tenancy in 20 years, missing in action was any requirement for minimum energy standards and thermal comfort.

Comfortable, affordable and low-carbon housing is possible, but according to experts at Wednesday’s National Forum on Low Carbon Housing for Low Income Households, there are multiple challenges that need tackling to get there.

Independent South Australian Senator Tim Storer has flagged a new bill to make changes to the tax system to remove split incentives that cause property owners to avoid bringing rental housing up to scratch on energy efficiency.

Australian cities are changing. Instead of families living in low-density suburban areas, more parents are raising children in high-rise housing in inner-city areas.

Residents of the Evermore apartment complex in Perth’s White Gum Valley will be able to directly trade solar energy with each other, in what is one of the first examples of peer-to-peer energy trading in the residential space.

News from the front desk – Issue No 398: “Affordable, safe and sustainable” are three words we hear tossed about a lot in the housing discussion. But it’s hard not to sound like the kid in the backseat asking, “Are we there yet? How long till we get there?”

Almost one in six young people aged 15-19 has experienced homelessness, according to a new Mission Australia survey, with “devastating” and long-lasting effects for those experiencing the burden of insecure housing.

NRAS, the National Rental Affordability Scheme, was meant to assist the housing affordability crisis. Trouble was it had a beginning and an end, with the end coming way too soon for too many.