Private rental option to house homeless

South Australia is “slipping behind” other states on reducing homelessness, with a goal to end rough sleeping in the city unlikely to be achieved by the end of this year unless the private rental sector steps up, the former head of the Adelaide Zero Project says.

Low-income earners locked out of new city housing despite zoning rules

The majority of new residential developments in the city have failed to meet a State Government requirement to include at least some affordable housing – with those that did meet the target selling the housing to investors rather than to low-income buyers.

Rob Lucas. Photo: David Mariuz / AAP

Sluggish housing market hits budget surplus

A sluggish housing market and a construction slowdown are hitting the state budget bottom line, with plummeting conveyance duty revenues contributing to a softer surplus in Treasurer Rob Lucas’s mid-year statement, unveiled today.

SA's declining housing industry needs an affordability boost

The building industry wants a raft of reforms to arrest the sharp decline of South Australia’s housing market – and that means measures like compulsory rainwater tanks need to be reconsidered, argues Ian Markos.

Parties must relieve pressure on SA's struggling renters

With South Australian renters continuing to grapple with high utility costs, a good move would be to reverse a legislative change which hit tenants with water supply charges, writes Ross Womersley.

Mortgage demand shows housing market is cooling

Mortgage applications were down nearly one per cent in the June quarter – another sign the housing market is beginning to cool.