Public Housing

Public housing in Alice Springs is sitting vacant and in disrepair while residents wait up to a decade to be allocated a home.

As protesters strive to keep a woman from community housing eviction, the complexities of her situation collide with a housing provider's options.

Community housing is seen as a way for the government to tackle the housing crisis, but between limited options and court orders, some people are falling through the cracks.

Western Australian research is showing a strong link between homelessness and poor health, with life expectancy more than 30 years lower for people without secure housing.

WA's Pilbara has already endured a seven-day heatwave this month, but many in the town of Roebourne have little more than a hose and wet sheets to keep them cool as temperatures top 45 degrees Celsius.

Aboriginal housing advocates are calling for urgent improvements to the way remote public housing is maintained in the Northern Territory, after the coroner found the death of a toddler who fell into a backyard septic tank could have been prevented.

Simone Owen is living in a tent with her husband and two children, but she says they are not considered homeless so do not qualify for crisis accommodation.

The banks of the Pioneer River near Mackay's CBD are home to makeshift camps nestled among the trees, while others reside in picnic shelters by the wharves.

First responders say they are having to live well outside their operating regions due to lack of available housing.

A 1960s North Melbourne public housing tower slated for imminent demolition has been nominated for protection under state heritage laws, following a successful appeal by a tenants group.

A single mother-of-two no longer feels safe in her government-provided housing after her child found a used needle in their backyard.

A parliamentary inquiry has called on the government to halt the demolition of Melbourne's public housing towers after finding it refused to provide evidence to justify the plan.

Sydney's 2000 postcode is associated with harbour views and flashiness, but Parker's seen a different side.

Two women who fled their violent partners say their efforts to stay in emergency accommodation via state government housing offices left them "deeply traumatised".

A small shire has taken housing for older people into its hands and taken land back from the state government.

A confidentiality agreement over the sale of a city block previously proposed as a university precinct has lifted, revealing a major Australian car dealership as the successful buyer.

A WA mother expresses outrage at the "disgusting" condition of a home offered to her by WA's Department of Housing and Works. 

Pensioner Julie Kelly, 62, was forced to choose between homelessness or moving away from family and friends. That is a reality for the 56,000 people on Queensland’s social housing register.

An Adelaide mum says she and her son experienced wheezing, dry-retching and burning in the throat after moving into a drug-contaminated Housing Trust property she was told had been cleaned and maintained.

Two homeless camps in Launceston were found burnt, and with the social housing waitlist growing and more people calling for help, advocates say the situation is at breaking point.