The Guardian • housing

Reserve bank of Australia shirks affordable housing responsibility
A recent ABC article reports that the RBA doesn’t see its monetary policy as a solution to increasing house prices.
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Canada: Dignity in death is no cure for indignity in life
At the end of April, CTV published a news item about a 31-year-old Toronto woman who was nearing final approval for a medically assisted death....
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What do you notice after a long time away?
What is like to return to Australia after two years away? What do you notice? There is a brief time – maybe a month –...
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WA housing crisis
Since the moratorium on evictions and rent-rises ran out at the end of March, Western Australia has been experiencing a housing crisis and a rising number of unhoused people as we head into winter.
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Communists are back in Canberra
Workers in Canberra have recently established a Canberra branch of the CPA, which hasn’t maintained a branch for several years. The new members hope that...
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Queensland comrades organise! – The CPA and the lower-Northern Qld tour
On Thursday the 23rd June, we arrived in Childers, the day commemorating the Childers Backpacker Tragedy. Sixteen young people were burnt to death at the...
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Election 2022: where do the major parties stand on housing?
Heading into the 2022 Federal Election on 21st May, housing is once again a major issue. The cost of housing increased by twenty-five per cent...
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“Grants” for homeowners, but “handouts” for renters
“Living with other people, you start off in that nice accommodating phase. “Okay we’re going to get on.” You try really hard. It’s all going...
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Shelter a basic human right
Australia is facing a massive housing crisis. As it becomes increasingly more difficult to find affordable rental accommodation, governments are turning their backs on renters...
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Housing crisis in the capital
During the past 20 years of Labor and Labor-Green Territory government, Canberra has developed a reputation as “one of the most progressive cities in Australia”...
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The tragedy of inaccessible housing and domestic violence
On 1st February at 11:35 PM, I was given the news that my friend, Aminah Hayat, had been allegedly killed by her husband. I had...
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The devil in the details of the “housing crisis”
The latest Census figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have revealed that Australia had over one million unoccupied houses. This is approximately...
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The devil in the details of the “housing crisis”
In part one, we revealed that approximately one-fifth of households surveyed by the 2021 Census own nearly fifty per cent of the total amount of...
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VOTE THEM OUT
The Coalition Morrison government has got to go. On Saturday 21st May vote them out! The Communist Party of Australia rejects the undemocratic electoral system...
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Feet on the ground
After nine years of corrupt, anti-people, climate deniers in office, the newly elected Albanese Labor government faces many challenges. Expectations of real change are high,...
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